La Joueuse de Tympanon automaton. Built to the likeness of Queen Marie Antoinette by the German cabinetmaker David Roentgen in 1874.
Previously:
The Writer automaton - GIF
Wooden geared pegasus automaton - GIF
1770 Mechanical Turk chess machine
Doll hair insertion machine - GIF
How Russian nesting dolls are made - GIF
doll eye insertion machine GIF
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