PASTILLES VALDA - Lot 134

PASTILLES VALDA "Pour vous préserver - Pour vous soigner" (To protect yourself - To care for yourself) Advertising automaton in sheet steel, wood, metal and print featuring an elephant holding a box of Valda lozenges in its trunk and carrying its mahout and a large shipment of Valda lozenges on its back. An electric motor moves the animal's legs, ears and trunk. The back plate is marked "PROPRIETE DES ETABLISSEMENT PASTIVAL. Modèle déposé sous le n° 12.468/21-4-33". Wooden structure marked "110 130 V". Modern work, circa 1930 H. 86 x W. 80.5 x D. 20 Cm In working order, wear, oxidation, dents and restorations To be compared with a model in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, under inventory number 2017.11.1 PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: this lot will be sold at the Hôtel Drouot warehouse (paying service).