ROULLET DECAMPS The little gardener According... Lot 6

ROULLET DECAMPS The little gardener According to the number 50 of the catalog. Mechanical automaton, version with a walking character with a twin head in cast bisque, open mouth size 2, bisque bust pushing a sheet metal cart. Not dressed. Dimensions : 30 x 33 cm (Functional) To be compared with the example preserved in the Museum of the automaton of Souillac (Lot) thus described: "This toy is the first mechanical object manufactured by Jean ROULLET, founder of the house ROULLET DECAMPS, whose collection is today in the Museum of the automaton of SOUILLAC. Thanks to new methods of manufacture using a very modern material for the time, Jean ROULLET will, by practising the cutting and the stamping, manufacture parts for an incomparably lower price. The small gardener which would have been worth 20 francs is delivered 8fr50. It becomes the logo of the company.