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A modern automaton

The little Marquis automaton

The automatons created by Christine and Laurent Duchaussois represent charming small androids of approximately 30 centimetres height. Dressed in antique costumes, they relate to the spectacle world : pianists, violonists, violoncellists, painters, puppeteers, clowns etc. The craftsmen's world is also represented : nurses, lacemakers, flowers saleswomen, fortune-tellers...

Fantastic figures complete this collection : nymphs, witches, magicians, imps etc...

Modern automatons

"Reuge Music" modern swiss automatons


Reuge singing birds

Two different cages are possible : gilt polished or antique style.


Reuge singing birds

The Reuge Music singing birds in cages or in boxes have a mechanism identical to the one created by the Jaquet-Droz family and the other great creators of singing birds of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The moving parts of the singing birds in cage: head, beak, tail and body.

The moving parts of the singing birds in box: head, beak, tail, wings and body.

Reuge singing birds

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