MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, AUTOMATA ANd TOyS

Musical Instruments, Automata and Toys | Lots 945 – 989

Tuesday 11 February 2014

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945* A Neoclassical Gilt Metal Mounted Baby Grand Piano, Apollo, the ebonized case set with female mask and foliate mounts, raised on doubled square tapering legs. Length 61 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $1,000-2,000

946 A Baldwin Baby Grand Piano, model M, in a black lacquered case, with a matching bench, 1957, bearing serial no. M135271. Length 62 inches. $2,000-4,000

947* A Steinway & Sons Baby Grand Piano, 1955, serial number 346851, having an ebonized case raised on tapering supports ending in casters, together with an associated bench. Length 67 inches. Property from the Estate of Reva Duman, Highland Park, Illinois $8,000-12,000 948 A Full Sized Violin and Bow, the violin in the style of Lupot and bearing a label marked Lupot, with a full-sized violin bow marked Jos. Martin, in a fitted case. Length of violin back 14 inches.

Provenance: Purchased from Fritz-Reuter & Sons, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1996 $2,000-4,000

949 An American Mandolin, Lyon & Healy, Chicago, early 20th century, number 1318 and Washburn Style 5983, bearing paper label to the interior and silvered metal mount marked Lyon & Healy Chicago, with fitted case. Length 25 inches. $800-1,200

950* A Swiss Cylinder Music Box, Thorens, the case having allover repoussé village decoration opening to the 4 3/8 inch long cylinder. Width overall 8 1/4 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $200-400 951 A Swiss Disc Music Box, Thorens, in the form of leather bound book, playing a 4 1/2 inch discs on a single comb, with 20 discs. Width 12 inches. $500-700

952* A Capodimonte Porcelain Music Box, modern, of rectangular form with domed lid decorated with carious scenes of putti in relief, having cylinder music box mechanism to interior. Width 10 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500

953* A Continental Marquetry Cylinder Music Box, of rectangular form, having a hinged lid centered by a group of musical elements within an ebonized and molded edge. Width 18 inches. Property from the Estate of Nicholas and Arleen Rakas, Birmingham, Michigan $500-700

954 A Swiss Cylinder Music Box, the rectangular hinged top centered with a foliate spray opening to the cylinder playing six aires on a single comb. Width 14 3/4 inches. $500-700

955* A Singing Birdcage Automaton, the domed case fitted with two birds, the whole hanging from a conforming stand. Height of birdcage 21 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $700-900 956* A French Sèvres Style Porcelain Inset Singing Birdcage Automaton, set with a single bird, a flowering leafy branch, and plaques decorated with courting couples in landscapes. Height overall 20 1/4 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $2,000-4,000

957* A French Triple Singing Birdcage Automaton, in the manner of Bontems, the rectangular domed cage fitted with three birds and raised on a foliate decorated base. Height 25 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $2,000-4,000 958* A German Singing Birdcage Automaton, set with two birds within a gilt domed cage. Height 9 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. Bernie Marshfield, Lincolnwood, Illinois $300-500

959* A Swiss Singing Bird Box Automaton, Reuge, the rectangular case having faux lapis and gilt metal decoration centered with an oval door. Width 4 3/8 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $500-700

960* A German Enameled Singing Bird Box Automaton, attributed to Emil Brenk, the rectangular top decorated with a pastoral scene centered with a courting couple, the front, backs, and sides decorated with lake views, stamped EB, Metall. Width 4 1/8 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $700-900

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961* A German Silver Cased Singing Bird Box Automaton, the rectangular case centered with an oval door, the whole having repoussé decoration throughout, the bottom of the case stamped Sterling 925 Germany IF & Son Ltd. Width 4 1/2 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $800-1,200

962 A German Gilt Silver Singing Bird Box Automaton, of rectangular form, the top with an oval hinged lid, decorated with scrolling foliate cornucopia and birds throughout, stamped 800 with crescent mark. Width 4 inches.

Provenance: The Estate of William Nicholas Roos, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, December 5, 2010, Lot 241 $2,000-4,000

963* A German Enameled Singing Bird Box Automaton, of rectangular form set with a domed cage, the oval door decorated with a cameo relief, the bottom of the case fitted with a single drawer. Width 4 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $400-600

964* A German Singing Bird Box Automaton, second half of the 20th century, of rectangular form having allover gilt decoration the oval door decorated with figures in a pastoral scene. Width 4 5/8 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500 965* A Swiss Enameled Singing Bird Box Automaton, Reuge, the rectangular case with canted corners centered with a pastoral scene. Width 4 3/4 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500

966* A Continental Automaton Figure, depicting a woman sewing, together with a handcranked music box, unmarked. Height 10 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $200-400

967* A Continental Automaton Figure, depicting a female violinist, unmarked. Height 15 1/2 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500

968* A Continental Automaton Figure, depicting a seated girl wearing a bonnet, unmarked. Height 10 1/2 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $200-400

969* A Continental Automaton Figure, depicting a girl in an oversized floral hat, unmarked. Height 11 1/8 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $200-400 970* A Continental Automaton Figure, depicting a girl with a birdcage, unmarked. Height 14 1/2 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500

971* A Continental Automaton Figure, depicting a veiled bride carrying a bouquet of flowers, unmarked. Height 14 3/4 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500

972* A Continental Automaton Figure, depicting a seated mother with a child in a bassinet and book, unmarked. Width 11 1/2 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500

973* A Continental Automaton Figure, depicting a standing mother with child. Width 11 1/2 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $200-400

974* A Continental Automaton Figure, depicting an acrobat, unmarked. Height 13 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $200-400

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975* A Swiss Automaton Figure, Reuge, depicting a seated female harpist. Height 14 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $400-600

976* A Swiss Automaton Figure, Reuge, depicting a seated girl playing a lute. Height 13 3/4 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $400-600

977* A Swiss Automaton Figure, Reuge, depicting a girl seated at a spinet piano. Height 14 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $400-600

978* A French Automaton Figure, depicting a male figure with scroll. Height 12 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500

979* Two Continental Bisque Porcelain Faced Dolls, the first depicting a girl with a parasol, the second a girl with a basket of flowers, each set on musical bases. Height of taller overall 15 3/4 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $200-400 980* A Turned Wood Model of a French Child’s Game, 19th century, comprising eight pins and a ball, set on a hexagonal gilt metal mounted base, and further set under a dust dome, bearing inscribed plaque “Jeu de Quilles de Salle Roi de Rome.” Height overall 12 1/2 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $200-400

981 A Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Model of a Runabout, having triple cockpits and a hull with inlaid stringing, raised on a chromed metal cruciform stand. Width overall 32 inches. $200-400

982 A Cast Iron Mechanical Bank, Kyser & Rex, Organ Bank, depicting a seated monkey flanked by a dancing boy and girl upon a circus organ, the revolving lever playing music and causing the figures to rotate on every quarter turn. Height 7 1/4 inches. $500-700

983 A Cast Iron Mechanical Bank, J&E Stevens Co., William Tell, patented 1896, designed by Russell Frisbie, the mechanism causing William Tell’s head to lower as he takes aim at the apple, which is raised as the boy’s arm is pulled down. Width 10 3/8 inches. $300-500

984* A Collection of Diminutive Cast Metal Figures and Accessories, of various vintages and scales, comprising Napoleonic figures, models of buildings and others; approximately 60 total. Height of tallest 11 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $100-200 985* A Collection of Painted Flat-Back Figures, depicting soldiers of various armies set in two twotiered display cases and one smaller lidded box. Width of each case in pair 14 1/2 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $400-600

986* A Collection of Painted Flat-Back Figures, depicting soldiers of various armies set in two threetiered display cases. Width of each case 14 1/2 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $400-600

987* A Group of Polychrome Decorated Cast Metal Infantry Soldiers, of various ages and nationalities, primarily pertaining to the 19th century, approximately 100 items total. Height of tallest 5 1/4 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500

988* A Group of Polychrome Decorated Cast Metal Equestrian Soldiers, of various ages and nationalities, primarily pertaining to the 19th century, together with two carriage and a team of horses, approximately 100 items total. Height of tallest 4 3/8 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500

989* A Collection of Diminutive Painted Lead Figures, set in a diorama depicting Josephine’s coronation; approximately 32 figures total. Height of average figure 2 1/4 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $300-500