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type Shelf or Mantel Novelty Animated
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United Electric Co., Brooklyn, NY, 30 hour, lever movement novelty automaton timepiece in the form of a keg with an action on the dial of a man agitating a cocktail shaker, c1933 -
French, Clock / Automaton with Barometer and Thermometer, C.1880. This is a well made and interesting piece, wound through the bottom, and actuated with a pull to the left side which allows the "steam pump" to run for a few minutes, one revolution of the great wheel, then stop. The clock is a souvenir level, oval dial timepiece with cylinder platform. -
![French, OARSMAN automaton timepiece, C.1885, a bronze sailboat setting on a nest of waves [also bronze], with the lone boatman rowing the boat due to lack of wind. The oarsman is suspended on a tri-leaf "swinger" type suspension, and the assembly is a compound pendulum, with a threaded bob at the bottom for adjustment.](/images/robertoschmitt19/ts_1820_a.jpg)
French, OARSMAN automaton timepiece, C.1885, a bronze sailboat setting on a nest of waves [also bronze], with the lone boatman rowing the boat due to lack of wind. The oarsman is suspended on a tri-leaf "swinger" type suspension, and the assembly is a compound pendulum, with a threaded bob at the bottom for adjustment. -
German, Meyer, 'THREE DOGS IN BASKET', all panting with tongues moving in and out with each tick, a small one day pendulum clock on the right side and a thermometer to the left. -
German, (Meyer?), Novelty Chalet Automaton, C.1875. Note the dog in center of log cabin has a panting tongue, and the man at the left has his head bobbing back and forth as he tries to see what is going on. Two lovers at right in romantic embrace. Like other clock in this series, this one utilizes a small, pendulette movement, with the dog's tongue and gents head attached by a wire to the verge. -
Folk Art Fretwork Steamboat with Clock,