按原物大小制作的蜡像自动玩偶“埃及艳后之死“, 约1885年

Probably English. Poured wax figure modeled as the Egyptian queen, with closed eyes, inset flowing hair, articulated bare breasts, her head turned to the left supported by a curved arm, her outstretched right arm encoiled by an asp with moving head and darting tongue, a second asp at her feet, in original (very fragile) painted satin costume with metallic trim, serpentine bracelet, glass-gem-set anklets and crown, in glazed case with going-barrel motor in plinth base, total length 6 ft. (180 cm) x 28 ½ in. (72 cm) width x 26 in. (66 cm) height. – The Egyptian queen appears to be sleeping, her breasts rising and falling gently while a pair of asps writhe on the velvet cushion. – Cleopatra was a popular and romantic figure in 19th century imagery, not least in the world of automata, where her influence is to be found in a similar (but smaller) figure by the Parisian firm Phalibois. This life-sized example was probably created for a wax museum or touring exhibition of the sort advertised by the wax-modeler and doll-maker Charles Meech in 1875 underthe title "Meech's Royal Exhibition of Mechanical and Wax Figures".

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)