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Description
20" (51 cm.) Arranged upon an ebony wooden oval
platform is a dimensional tower with hand-painted
details including man at the window,shuttered
windows,pathways with fence,and such. At the top
of the path is a windmill,and inside the tower is
a waterwheel. A paper constructed "stormy sea" is
at the side of the tower,in which is positioned a
skillfully constructed wooden and paper ship. An
oval glass dome with painted sea,mountain and sky
scene fits over the base and provides an extra
dimensional effect. Movement and Music. The
windmill blades turn,the water wheel revolves,and
the ship bobs up and down in the moving waves.
Lovely quality music is heard. Attributed to
Phalibois,circa 1875,the music and mechanism
function well. Excepting the non-original windmill
blades,the scenery and painting are original and
artfully created.