Large Musical Automaton Acrobat after Vichy

With plaster-composition head and hands, fixed blue paperweight eyes, two-colored pointed mohair wig, swaying ladder and trestle-form base containing large going-barrel motor No. 15, three cams, four levers and four-air cartel cylinder movement with 50 teeth (three damaged), dressed in sequinned green and yellow satin costume with beaded black satin waistcoat and full moon appliqué on the back, ht. 45 in. (114 cm), height raised 52 in. (152 cm), with original and later parts. With crank and acorn-form stop/start. – The acrobat performs a handstand, bends his legs, lowers his head, raises his right arm and arcs his body twice and then returns slowly to a standing position on the swaying ladder. An impressive performer.