Lot 687 : Sold for £850 hammer

Estimate £400-£600

Unknown - American - An early 20th Century advertising automaton of a black man with moveable arms wearing a floral print short with high collar neck and bow tie decorated with applied coloured cuttons and painted with Savoy Minstrel & Theatre Supply Co, mounted to a wooden box with crank handle also hand enamel decorated. Height 73cm. ILLUSTRATED

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