Depicting a huntsman "au Repos du Chasseur" on a mound below a flowering tree, his rifle, lunch and a bottle of wine at his feet, with papier-mâché head, articulated jaw, lip and green glass eyes, dressed in original paper-trimmed satin jacket, breeches, velvet hat, monocle and leather satchel, on ebonised base with going-barrel motor, seven boxwood cams and two-air pull-string cylinder movement, No. 159854, stamped "J. Phalibois", under original glass dome, total ht. 27 in. (69 cm). Reclining on his mound, the resting huntsman raises the pipe in his left hand, then turns and tips his head back as he drains the bottle, blinking and chattering with relish. He is evidently too busy enjoying himself to notice the rabbit scampering back and forth in a hollow beneath the tree trunk! Not only is the subject matter unusual, but the fact that the automaton is fully marked. The underside of the base is inscribed in pencil "Chasseur N. 2". The base and motor plate are both stamped: "J. Phalibois à Paris" and the plate for the gear-train bears an additional serial number (165) and stamp of "Baschet, Baullier, Paris". Baschet et Fils operated in Paris in around 1840 and Baschet et Baullier, horologists, received an honorable mention in 1855. It seems probable that Baschet et Baullier manufactured the spring motors for many of Phalibois' early automata. The automaton is preserved in fine, original working condition and is the only example of this model that we have seen to date. – Reference: http://www.nawcc-index.net/Articles/Dean-french.pdf.