Automaton depicting a monkey magician at a table covered with a cloth, beneath an arch covered with fabric flowers. The monkey has a composition head and hands and is dressed in a satin and silk costume suggesting a Commedia dell'Arte costume, with a high pointed hat. He holds two silver cups in his hands. The base of the automaton is painted and designed to resemble grass with 'growing' plants, and is mounted on a dark ebonised wood plinth. The whole of the automaton is covered with a shaped glass dome.Musical automaton with monkey magician, designed and made by Phalibois. Paris, ca. 1885