This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/26/2019
Cat Flower Seller with Surprise Automaton. Switzerland: Reuge, ca. 1980. A cat dressed in a frilly costume holds a basket of flowers with one hand and a garland in the other. When activated, the cat shakes the garland up and down, then opens the basket to reveal a mouse inside. Head moves back and forth and up and down. Accompanied by a Reuge music box playing Blue Danube or Vienna: City of My Dreams. Wooden base, wooden paws and head, finely finished and painted. Height 18 ½”. Rooster head key, on/off lever in the form of a beetle.