Silver Swan (automaton)
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silver-swan-automaton-285-6761292
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Silver Swan (automaton)
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The Silver Swan is an automaton dating from the 18th century and now housed in the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England. It was acquired by John Bowes, the museum's founder, from a Parisian jeweller in 1872. The swan, which is life-sized, is a clockwork-driven device that includes a music box. The swan sits in a "stream" made of glass rods and surrounded by silver leaves. Small silver fish can be seen "swimming" in the stream. When the clockwork is wound, the music box
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Clockwork-driven, life-sized musical silver swan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Swan_(automaton)
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2024-03-21T21:54:08Z
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