早期法国自动玩偶音乐机"Troubadour", 约1870年

Possibly by Fournier, with fine bisque head, portraitlike expression, closed smiling mouth, fixed pale-blue glass eyes outlined in darker blue, feathered brows, pierced ears, original hand-tied blonde mohair wig and metal hands holding guitar, on rosewood-veneered base containing single-air going-barrel movement that causes the troubadour to nod his head and strum in time to the music, dressed in original well-preserved olive and cream satin Renaissance-style costume trimmed with metal-thread, lace and (fragile) silk ribbon rosettes, height 13 ¾ in. (35 cm). – This piece was designed as the companion to an automaton of a female harpist with matching smiling bisque head and rosewood base. Both may be the work of little-known maker Jules Joseph Fournierof the Passage du Bois de Boulogne, Paris, whose label has been found on a similar (but later) harpist automaton. A fine early automaton in fresh original working condition.

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)