Isn’t this amazing?! 😃 The Silver Swan was first recorded in 1774 as a crowd puller in the,

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Mechanical Museum of James Cox, a London jeweller and 18th century entrepreneur. The internal mechanism designed by John Joseph Merlin, a famous inventor of the time, is an intricate clock like mechanism that powers the delicate movements of the swan’s neck.
When the clockwork is wound, the music box plays and the glass rods rotate giving the illusion of flowing water. The swan turns its head from side to side and also preens itself. After a few moments the swan notices the swimming fish and bends down to catch and eat one.
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