A troika musical automaton of a painted wood horse-drawn sled, Russia, late 19th / early 20th century

A troika musical automaton of a painted wood horse-drawn sled, Russia, late 19th / early 20th century

realistically carved, on a painted wooden base, a moving troika with a driver and two passengers riding through a winter landscape, with bells chiming, the base hollow and fitted with wind up mechanism to set the troika in motion, with two keys and fitted cogs for activation 

length 111.3 cm; 43⅝in.