A young boy with highly characterized face that may be unique to this automaton has composition head, pointy nose, open mouth with row of teeth, blonde mohair wig, carton body, and is seated upon a fence railing in a garden like setting, surrounded by flowers, moss, ferns, and a large white feathered goose. The boy wears plaid velvet pants, silk jacket, shirt, straw hat and has sculpted paper mache black boots, and holds a pastry in his hand. Movements: he turns his head side to side, then nods forward, blinks his eyelids, sticks out his tongue as though about to eat the pastry he lifts to his mouth. Meanwhile the goose turns his head from side to side and "breathes" (raising his feathers) and "quacks" as though asking for a bite of the tart; the boy raises his right arm and "kicks" his foot as though swishing away the goose. The automaton, named L'Enfant a la Tartine et l'Oie, No.331 appeared in an early catalog of Roullet & Decamps along with an illustration. Listed in the luxury price range of 100 FRANCS in the catalog, it was well above the cost of more commercial pieces by that firm. Extremely rare, no others are known to exist at this time. By Roullet & Decamps,France. Circa 1895. 21" (53 cm). Seven movements and "quacking" noise. Two tunes.