47" (119 cm.) A handsome paper mache man with brown complexion, brown glass eyes, painted facial features, painted teeth, hinged mouth, fleeced hair, carton torso and legs, metal upper arms, paper mache hands with pointing finger, is standing on original circular base sculpted to simulate cobblestone street, his back to a lamp pole; he is costumed in rich theatrical silks as though a performer, and he holds a sheet music in his hand. When wound, two tunes play, and six movements occur: he lifts and lowers right hand, and then his left hand, as though keeping time to music; his head nods in time to the music, his eyes blink open and closed, his lip moves open and closed as though singing, and the lamp pole revolves. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Gustav Vichy, an illustration of the rare automaton appears in Les Jouets by Leo Claretie. Value Points: very rare automaton with complicated movements and music.