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DROPS Senez-Sturbelle (Bonbons),

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DROPS Senez-Sturbelle (Candy), BETTERWAY automaton, Vienna, Austria and Antwerp, Belgium, 1930s. Automatic window display in painted cut-out wood, electromechanical 110 volt. He stages in a rural setting, a sleeping character in his hammock, rubbing his belly, surrounded by squirrels waving their tails. The movements are produced by a small rotary motor that drives belts and rods. 66x63x27 cm. (In working order) Reproduced under N°54 page 54 of "Automates publicitaires" by Daniel Bordet.