Court Room Automaton

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Date:May 1994

Description:Court room automaton with Judge, Policeman, Defendent and Jury, activated by coin in slot.

This automaton was designed and made by Suffolk-based toymaker, Ron Fuller (born 1937). It was commissioned as a donation box in the historic Court Rooms at the Shire Hall Gallery in Stafford.


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1740s
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1780s
Long Case Clock
Long Case Clock

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1820s
Self portrait of the artist in a brown study
Self portrait of the artist in a brown study

Oil painting. A self portrait by John Prescott Knight, R.A. (1803-1881). He was ...

1980s
The Bank Manager Automaton
The Bank Manager Automaton

Carved wooden collecting box for donations: 'The Bank Manager' on a square, wheeled, ...

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Donor ref:G97.001.0001 (83/15850)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service - Art Collection

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