AUTOMATA

200 ✓

Collette Baker: The Last Quagga, recycled wood with painted Quagga head, on wooden wheels (purchased from Hitchcock’s Gallery, Bath in 2001)

22.5cm high

Two Others by Unknown Makers (3)

£150-200

201 ✓

Amanda Bates: Cow Grazing, metal and wood, signed 24cm long

Douglas Wilson: Boat in a Stormy Sea, wire 17.5cm high (2)

£100-150

202 ✓

John Butler (Cornish, b.1947) R.W.A: The Punch & Judy Man, painted carved lime, labelled 85cm high

£200-300

203 ✓

Yvette Brown: the nonchalance of wellies, metal and wood, 10cm high; David Cox: Modern Art, painted papier mache, signed 33cm high

Mojo Toys of Cornwall: Passionate Pirate, pull cord 25cm high

An Oberammergauer Schnurlkasperl Mr Frog, painted wood, pull cord, seal mark 30cm

Two Modern Tin Whistling Birds (6)

£70-100

206

204 ✓

Roger Copple (d.2020): Car, with figure and dog mascot, painted wood, signed and labelled 20cm long

A Set of Six Sailor Skittles and Ball, painted wood 10cm high (8)

£70-100

205 ✓

Anthony Crosby (b.1958): Homeward Bound, ship on a choppy sea driven by a brass pendulum terminating in a natural stone, wall mounted, inscribed to verso Homeward Bound A.Crosby 1999 ship and sea 18cm high, pendulum 98cm long Evolutionary Blunders - Dinosaur and Rubic’s Cube, coloured and painted wood

19.5cm high (Probably bought from Cabaret-Mechanical Theatre, Covent Garden, London in the 1980s)

Evolutionary Blunders - The Four Legged Spider, wood and wire 13cm high (3)

£100-150

206 ✓

Michael Docking: Three Kings on a Camel, pine box frame, plywood and metal, labelled MICHAEL DOCKING Fox Cottage, Somerford Keynes, Glos. GL7 6DT Tel: 01285 860917 23.5cm wide, 14.5cm deep, 32cm high

£70-100

207 ✓

Susan (Sue) R Evans (b.1950): Daniel & the Lions, painted wood and ply, automata, signed Susan R Evans Original 1996, 38cm wide, 23.5cm deep, 32cm high

Purchased A Moveable Feast Exhibition of Automata & Moving Toys, 9th September-12 October 1996, catalogue number 3, from Number Seven, 7 High Street, Totnes, Devon.

£100-150

208 ✓

Ron Fuller (1937-2017): Britannia, painted wood, painted BRITANNIA LONDON ORIGINAL Ron Fuller Toys 20cm long

The Suffolk Breathalyser, painted wood, foam and metal 17.5cm long

Edessia: man in a boat with a flower, painted wood, inscribed Edessia ‘02 28cm long (3) £80-120

209 ✓

John Maltby (1936-2020): Fish and Head, a stoneware candlestick, painted MALTBY 18cm high Bird, a stoneware candlestick, impressed potter’s seal 14.5cm high (2) £150-250

210 ✓

John Maltby (1936-2020): Necklace, stoneware, long and round beads, hung with a bird, impressed M potters seal mark (twice) bird 8cm long £100-150

211 ✓

John Maltby (1936-2020): Guardian Angel with Flowers, stoneware, impressed potter’s seal 14cm high (damaged)

An Angel, stoneware hanging figure, unmarked 17cm long (2) £70-100

212 ✓

John Maltby (1936-2020): Swan, Hero and Billy, three painted wooden boats, one signed to verso John Maltby England 18cm and 19cm £120-180

John Maltby (1936-2020): 2 Black Boats, wall hanging automaton, painted wood, signed to verso John MALTBY England 27cm wide, 7cm deep, 21.5cm high

Purchased A Moveable Feast Exhibition of Automata & Moving Toys, 9th September-12 October 1996, catalogue number 35, from Number Seven, 7 High Street, Totnes, Devon.

£100-150

76cm high

Purchased by Vicki Wood after exhibited at A Moveable Feast Exhibition of Automata & Moving Toys, 9th September-12 October 1996, catalogue number 38, from Number Seven, 7 High Street, Totnes, Devon. NFS.

£300-500

Tony Mann (1927-2013): Rocking Bird, painted wood, wire, feathers and fluff, signed in pen Tony Mann ‘97 46cm high

“A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ...AACHOO!”, a Valentine’s Day piece, painted wood, signed in pen Tony Mann ‘97 18.5cm (2)

Purchased from Number Seven, 7 High Street, Totnes, Devon. £100-150

Ian McKay: Sneezing Girl, painted wood and cotton, clothes peg mechanism, signed in red pen

38cm high

Boat and Lighthouse, painted wood and driftwood

25cm high

Titanic and Iceberg, painted wood and wood, signed in black pen

18cm high

Dragonfly over a Pond, painted wood and feathers

17cm high (4)

£100-150

Frank

Nelson’s Revenge, Nelson pokes at the pigeons with his sword when the handle is turned, painted wooden and wire automata, signed

75cm high

£200-300

32cm high

“Inspired by childhood memories of the ring trick in magic-kits”

£100-150

Robert Race (b.1943): Birds, two adult birds with their young, driftwood and wood

37cm high

£100-150

220

Robert Race (b.1943): Birds, bird feeding chick on the nest, driftwood, wood, string and a stone, signed 27.5cm high

Moonpriest III, driftwood, wire and bone, signed and dated 1999 (Purchased from Hitchcock’s, Bath May 1999) 19cm high

£120-180

221 ✓

Robert Race (b.1943): Three Perching Birds, 2000, carved birds on peg mechanism largest 12.5cm high

A Set of Five Balancing Toys, painted wood and wire 9cm high

Spring Puffin, painted wood and feather 52cm high (9) £100-150

222 ✓

Robert Race (b.1943): Black Bird and Wasp, painted wood 20cm high

Punch and Judy, painted wood and string, labelled 35.5cm high (2)

£80-120

223 ✓

Martin Smith (b.1972): Self Applause Machine 1996, mixed media, stamped MARTIN SMITH 36cm

Purchased A Moveable Feast Exhibition of Automata & Moving Toys, 9th September-12 October 1996, catalogue number 65, from Number Seven, 7 High Street, Totnes, Devon. £150-200

224 ✓

Jeff Soan (British, 20th Century): An Articulated Wooded Fish, signed and dated 47cm long £70-100

225 ✓

Wonda Sowry and Dave Medcalf: Palm Tree, hidden monkey revealed under leaves, carved wood, signed and dated October 2001 (purchased at Hitchcock’s Gallery, Bath 2002)

31cm high

Jan Zalud (1955-): Dog that Barks, carved wood, monogrammed (purchased Number Seven Gallery, Totnes in 1996)

15cm high (2)

£150-200

226 ✓

Dave Walker: Bird of Prey, tin, metal and wood, signed Dave Walker, labelled RESERVED BY VICKI WOOD NO DEPOSIT PAID

22cm high

Rachel Higgins: Minnow, articulated metal, soldered, 13.5cm high (purchased in 1999)

13.5cm high

John Lumbus: Murry 2002, wooden mechanism, painted wood, stamped MURRY 17cm high (3)

£100-150

227 ✓

Vicki Wood (1943-2010): Trojan Horse, floorboards, rope and 6mm ply, painted wooden automaton, door string mechanism opening to reveal three Trojan warriors lifting their spears as a guard outside looks over the door, labelled 36cm high

Illustrated Peppe (Rodney) Automata and Mechanical Toys, The Crowood Press, page 150. £150-250

228 ✓

Vicki Wood (1943-2010): Medieval Knight on Horseback, painted salvaged Maltese boats fragments, wooden automaton, pull string mechanism, labelled 40cm high

Vicki’s father, an RAF fighter pilot, died protecting Malta in World War II and was awarded the DFC. Vicki visited the island in 2005 and collected the discarded wood from the fisherman repairing the boats. £100-150

229 ✓

Vicki Wood (1943-2010) and Tim Wood: Knight Cyclist No.2 Sir John de Ifield, painted plywood, push along automaton, signed 38cm high £100-150

Vicki Wood (1943-2010): A Christmas King on Horseback, bearing a gift, painted wood, wooden automaton, pull string mechanism 25.5cm by 8.5cm, 42cm high

Vicki Wood was first a potter and later an automata maker in the 1980s. She exhibited at Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, Frivoli in London and Hitchcock’s in Bath.

Vicki Wood (1943-2010): Saint George on Horseback, painted wood and plywood, horse on a swinging mechanism, signed Vicki Wood and dated ’05 34.5cm high

Vicki Wood (1943-2010): Will I Like it?, an ostrich with it’s head in the sand, painted wood pull cord automata 27cm high (closed)