UNKNOWN BRAND (BREAKFAST, BREAKFAST or CHICORY?),
BETTERWAY... Lot 14
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UNKNOWN BRAND (BREAKFAST, BREAKFAST or CHICORY?),
BETTERWAY automaton, Vienna, Austria, circa 1930.
Automatic window display in painted cut-out wood, electromechanical 110 volt.
It portrays a family at breakfast featuring the mother, her three children and their small dog around a table, all with coordinated movements.
The movements are produced by a small electric motor that drives rods.
80x73x41 cm. (In working order)
Reproduced under N°71 page 66 of "Automates publicitaires" by Daniel Bordet.
Also reproduced in the reference work "Les automates" by Alfred Chapuis and Edmond Droz, published by Le Griffon, Neuchâtel, 1949, under No. 446 page 360.
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