A LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUTOMATON BARREL ORGAN, modelled as a girl sat at a harpsichord, with blonde hair and a blue dress, her hands striking the keys and her head turning when wound, sat atop a strung mahogany case on bracket feet, with a wooden handled crank

55cm high x 37.5cm x 37cm deep

Provenance: Part of the extensive collection of musical boxes and automata of the late Daphne Ladell – longstanding member of the Musical Box Society of Great Britain and the Musical Box Society International.