a rare and important French parcel-gilt silver musical automaton model of the Océan class ship Duc de Bordeaux, probably by Pilloy, Paris, circa 1821 the ship with a musical movement mounted within the hull and connected to a circular platform revolving with seven dancing figures, the hull supported on a green silk simulated choppy sea, the rolling and pitching mechanism driven by a fusee and chain movement concealed within a later Austrian burr wood cabinet containing a further Swiss cylinder musical movement, the inside of base with a handwritten label 'Pilloy, joaillier, rue bourg-l'Abbé, 20, Paris, 25 December 1821', in a glazed dome boat : 64cm, 25in wide
a rare and important French parcel-gilt silver musical automaton model of the Océan class ship Duc de Bordeaux, probably by Pilloy, Paris, circa 1821 the ship with a musical movement mounted within the hull and connected to a circular platform revolving with seven dancing figures, the hull supported on a green silk simulated choppy sea, the rolling and pitching mechanism driven by a fusee and chain movement concealed within a later Austrian burr wood cabinet containing a further Swiss cylinder musical movement, the inside of base with a handwritten label 'Pilloy, joaillier, rue bourg-l'Abbé, 20, Paris, 25 December 1821', in a glazed dome boat : 64cm, 25in wide
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