Automaton Clock Picture of a Blacksmith's Shop by Xavier Tharin,

Hand-colored lithograph of a cavernous room with sunlit landscape visible through arch, with 1 ¼-inch (3.5 cm) enameled Roman dial, two-train movement striking hours and halves on gong, going-barrel automaton movements driving pulleys and pinned wheels for six movements: two blacksmiths working with hammers, a third operating bellows, a farrier shoeing a horse and a dog wagging its tail. In refinished wood and gesso frame, image 19 x 25 in. (48 x 64 cm), framed 29 x 35 in. (74 x 89 cm), automaton movement in need of cleaning, no musical movement, lower corners of frame repaired. With pendulum, clock key and size 16 key for the automaton. An impressive automaton picture clock. – Literature: The London department store Silber & Fleming advertised a similar piece for £6, 15 shillings in their catalog of 1884. See Mary Hillier, "Automata and Mechanical Toys", p. 114.

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)