A bisque-head boy with blue glass paperweight eyes, open mouth, teeth, slightly smiling expression, brunette mohair wig, carton torso and legs, and bisque arms, is seated upon a velvet- covered wooden stool. He is wearing cotton knit shirt under an ivory silk shirt and brocade velvet vest, striped pants, shoes, socks, and straw fishing hat. In his left hand he holds a fish, in his right hand he holds a bamboo fishing rod with brass reel, and at his side is a woven lunch basket with sardines, biscuits, chocolate and a bottle of wine. The doll, by Jumeau, is signed Depose Tete Jumeau. The rare Vichy key with figural design is on the side of the stool. Movements: he lifts his right arm up and down as though casting the pole, periodically he leans his head from side to side, and kicks both feet; the Lioret phonograph plays a tune of children laughing, which according to the name on the cylinder, is No.1 Tararaboum. The cylinder phonograph, introduced by the French inventor Henri Lioret in 1892,was popularized in the doll and toy industry by Lioret's collaboration with Emile Jumeau in the presentation of the Bebe Phonographe. Henri Vichy saw the possibility of tapping into this new phenomena for his automata, and introduced the cylinder phonograph into his automaton line in 1895. Evidently the program was short-lived and very few pieces are known to exist today; Christian Bailly knows of only three examples. Henry Vichy, France. Circa 1895. 26" (66 cm) with chair. Three movements. Lioret recording.