Mechanical "Kissing Lambs" Automaton Store Display by Silvestri safety first This reverse painted sign advertises

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This piece serves four purposes that this author can count

The base of the statue reads 'Armco Iron Man

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Mechanical "Kissing Lambs" Automaton Store Display by Silvestri safety first This reverse painted sign advertisesc. 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