Mechanical Dolls
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L2552.002 - Photo: from video L2552.002 - Photo: Mary Alice Thacker Autoperipatetikos (walking doll)

Head may be French, mechanism patented in the U.S.A. in 1862
Original costume
Courtesy of Mary Alice Thacker
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L2552.002 - Photo: Mary Alice Thacker



L2552.001 - Photo: from video Little Lord Fauntleroy and Horse

ca. 1900
Germany
All original
Courtesy of Mary Alice Thacker
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Key-wound mechanism makes the horse walk
 
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L2552.003 - Photo: from video Seven-Piece German Orchestra

ca. 1890
Bisque heads may be by Gebrüder Heubach, Germany
Courtesy of Mary Alice Thacker
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When the handle at the front of the base is turned, the maestro lifts his baton up and down, and six musicians play their instruments, moving their heads from side to side while music plays.
 
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L2552.003 - Photo: from video L2552.003 - Photo: from video
 
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