EditorialTable automaton in the form of Diana on a stag, Table automaton in the form of Diana on a deer, Diana, seated on a deer. Automatic silver, partly gold-plated. The deer, which has a removable head and wears a crown, is surrounded by openwork band orname...
EditorialAutomaton Clock in the Shape of a Lion. Augsburg, Germany. Date: 1625-1635. Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 22.9 cm (8 x 5 x 9 in.). Gilt bronze, ebony, and metal. Origin: Germany.
EditorialAutomaton Clock in the Shape of a Lion. Augsburg, Germany. Date: 1625-1635. Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 22.9 cm (8 x 5 x 9 in.). Gilt bronze, ebony, and metal. Origin: Germany.
EditorialLarge wind-up automaton of Asahina Saburo, c. 1847/48, Utagawa Sadahide, Japanese, 1807-1873, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban diptych, Each 25.0 x 37.3 cm.
EditorialAutomaton table clock with lion. By Jeremias Pfaff, Augsburg. 3rd quarter of the 17th century. Case: gilt brass and wood. Movement: brass and steel. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.
EditorialAutomaton table clock with lion. By Jeremias Pfaff, Augsburg. 3rd quarter of the 17th century. Case: gilt brass and wood. Movement: brass and steel. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.
EditorialSnuff Box, early 1800s. Switzerland, early 19th century. Tortoiseshell with painted automaton miniature under glass mounted in gold on gilt metal; overall: 2.3 x 8 cm (7/8 x 3 1/8 in.).
EditorialAutomaton Clock in the Shape of a Lion. Augsburg, Germany. Date: 1625-1635. Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 22.9 cm (8 x 5 x 9 in.). Gilt bronze, ebony, and metal. Origin: Germany.
EditorialAutomaton Clock in the Shape of a Lion. Augsburg, Germany. Date: 1625-1635. Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 22.9 cm (8 x 5 x 9 in.). Gilt bronze, ebony, and metal. Origin: Germany.
EditorialMaskelyne & Cooke's entertainment at the Egyptian Hall in 1879. England's home of mystery.. Maskelyne and Cooke in their unique entertainment including labial, fanfare, Zoe & Psycho. Mr. Maskelyne's marvellous automatons. Also an amusing extravaganza e...
EditorialMaskelyne & Cooke's entertainment at the Egyptian Hall, 1878 ? Egyptian Hall. Daily at 3 & 8. 'Maskelyne and Cooke in their world-famed entertainment. Zoe. Mr. Maskelyne's new sketching automaton, is now the greatest attraction in London. Psycho is mor...
EditorialRoyal Polytechnic Institution, Westminster, c. 1870. Polytechnic. Blondin. The automaton. . A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscellaneous printed matter relating to Victorian entertainment and everyday life. C. J. Culliford, Del. et Lith. Fu...
EditorialAli, the Electrical Automaton. Middlesex Music Hall, Enormous attraction, the sensation of 1886. A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscella. London, 1887. Source: EVAN.1879,. Language: English.
EditorialAutomaton, ca. 1820, Switzerland, Swiss, Gold, enamel, diamond, ruby, L. 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.), Accessory, Gold and green enamel automaton in the form of a frog and set with pearls. Ruby eyes. Mechanism operates the legs to cause the frog to jump and croak.
EditorialAutomaton in the Form of a Triumphal Chariot Drawn by Four Horses, ca. 1760?70, British, Gilt bronze, brilliants, Length: 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, A spring-driven device above the right front wheel activates that wheel and two shaft...
Editorial'Kharrad Recognizes the 'Princess' as being an Automaton', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), A.H. 741/A.D. 1341, Made in Iran, Shiraz, Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, Image 9 1/2 in x 11 3/8 in., Codices.
EditorialAutomaton in the form of a chariot pushed by a Chinese attendant and set with a clock, James Cox (British, ca. 1723?1800), 1766, British, London, Case: gold with diamonds and paste jewels set in silver, pearls; Dial: while enamel; Movement: partly gild...
EditorialPair-case automaton watch, Case maker: Peter Mounier (recorded 1761?73), ca. 1770, British, London, Outer case: gold, partly enameled and set with gemstones and paste jewels; Inner case: gold; Dial: white enamel, with frame set with paste jewels; Movem...
EditorialOil lamps, including the hydro-pneumatic lamp designed by R. W. King, Barton's oil lamp, and John Porter's automaton lamp. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, ...