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Biro Bela on Nostr: The Peacock Clock at the Hermitage is a gorgeous 18th-century automaton. Made in the ...

The Peacock Clock at the Hermitage is a gorgeous 18th-century automaton. Made in the late 1770s by James Cox, Prince Grigory Potemkin bought it for Catherine the Great, shipped to Russia in pieces, and reassembled there.