[AUTOMATON]. Packing a Crate. France, ca. 1860. Standing upon a red velvet-covered wooden base, a papier-mache-headed figure with glass eyes, painted facial features, and?he stands behind a ?fragile" wooden crate, clearly intending to keep it shut, while a leg can be seen trying to escape from a hole in the lower corner. When wound, music plays, and a series of movements take place:?a leg projects and retracts into the crate, the overhanging figure's body raises and lowers, raising and lowering of the right arm with the hammer, and the crate opens and slams shut, revealing a person. Tested, functional. Third-party shipping required. 19 x 13 x 10".