OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF TWENTY-THREE WHIMSICAL MECHANICAL CARVINGS, 19TH CENTURY

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF TWENTY-THREE WHIMSICAL MECHANICAL CARVINGS, 19TH CENTURY

Overall Height 60 ½ in. by Width 64 in. by Depth 41 in.

Condition Report:
In overall fine condition. Figures are not all currently connected and move and and some leather straps and ropes replaced in back. From top to bottom: two missing figures on top shelf, woman with broken hand and men in boat with replaced on second tier shelf, man ringing bell tower with replaced twine on third tier shelf, seated man in middle with stump missing tool on fourth tier shelf, men at table missing drinking glasses on fifth tier shelf.

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Provenance:
Gemini Antiques, Oldwick, New Jersey