Animated Shoemaker Automaton Display Figure

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Description

This wonderfully detailed automaton features a shoemaker at work, likely dating from the 1930s, and would have originally been used as a shop window display or trade promotion piece. Constructed with hand-carved and painted elements, fabric clothing, and mounted on a black-painted wooden plinth, the figure is mechanically animated via an electric motor concealed in the base.

The tabletop is marked “Bergeon No. 2746,” possibly indicating the reuse of a Swiss watchmaker’s bench mat, which adds to the character and provenance of the piece.

H: 61 W:63 D: 35cm
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Date1930s Codeas876a1170 Price SOLD £780.00 StatusSold SellerD and A Binder Ltd Telephone02076096300 or 07944356180Non UK callers :+44 2076096300 or +44 7944356180Emailenquiries@Dandabinder.co.uk

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