Musical Automaton Clown Playing Guitar by Leopold Lambert, c. 19

Modeled as an elegant clown seated upon a turned wood stool, with papier-mâché head decorated with dragonflies and beetles, original paint, fixed blue paperweight eyes, two-color mohair topknot, bisque hands holding painted wood guitar, on velvet-covered base with open-spring movement driving four cams and a (later) two-airs-per-turn musical movement of the correct type, dressed in gold satin costume and green silk jacket trimmed with lace and beads, ht. 22 in. (56 cm). With steel key monogrammed "LB". – The clown musician strums with his right hand while raising the neck of the instrument in his left, leaning back and forth on his stool, crossing one leg and then lifting both together as he bends his head in concentration, looks to the left and right as though surveying his audience and then saucily sticks out his tongue! – Literature: Bailly, "Automata, the Golden Age", pp. 181, 351; Auction Team Breker, 26 May 2012, Lot 716 for a similar piece. – A very handsome example of a classic Lambert automaton with complex series of motions, in good 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)