Mechanical "Kissing Lambs" Automaton Store Display by Silvestri safety first This piece serves four purposes

This piece serves four purposes that this author can count

15" W x 16" D x 29

it was seized by the federal government in 1869 due to unpaid taxes and sold to James G

5"W x 24"D x 30

Mor-Milk Company - Dixon

Mechanical "Kissing Lambs" Automaton Store Display by Silvestri safety first This piece serves four purposesc. 1950s; Silvestri Art Manufacturing Co., Inc. Chicago A charming mechanical store display automaton featuring a pair of anthropomorphic lambs one dressed in a pink pinafore, the other in a gingham jacket mounted to a circular wooden platform concealing the original Silvestri motor and linkage assembly. When powered, one lamb intermittently leans forward to "kiss" the other, a gentle, rhythmic motion characteristic of Silvestri's midcentury animated