Mechanical "Kissing Lambs" Automaton Store Display by Silvestri safety first scratches and tarnish

scratches and tarnish

15" W x 16" D x 29

The base of the statue reads 'Armco Iron Man

The backboard carries a colorful tin lithograph scene with domestic imagery and the slogan: "It is Splendid" and "Makes Old Furniture Look Just Like New

Mechanical "Kissing Lambs" Automaton Store Display by Silvestri safety first scratches and tarnishc. 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