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An unusual item to be included in Heritage Auctions’ sale of Fine and Decorative art to be held from February 25-27 is this French painted wrought iron clockwork mechanical cradle, left, with an aristocratic provenance, standing 6ft 3in (1.9m) high and 4ft 9in (1.4m) wide.
It was made c.1820 for Henri Charles Ferdinand, Marie Dieudonné d’Artois, Duc de Bordeaux and Comte …