'Narghile, Hooka Smoker' musical automaton, attributed to Leopold Lambert, circa 1890

blackamoor figure in Turkish dress, when activated he turns and nods his head, alternately smokes from his water pipe and sips from his cup of tea accompanied by a two-tune musical mechanism, all upon a velvet covered wooden base, with LB key.

This remarkable piece maintains the capability to issue real smoke when the bowl of the pipe is packed with tobacco or fitted with a cigarette

For a similar example by this maker see Christian Bailly, Automata: The Golden Age, 1848-1914, p. 189.

Also see Bailly, pp. 171-195, for a history of Leopold Lambert and a discussion and illustrations of his work.