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Did you know? In the Victorian era, you could own a mechanical clown that performed its own magic tricks? Léopold Lambert produced clockwork clown magicians that could wave magic wands, move their faces, and make objects appear and disappear. #Victorian #history youtu.be/lbZYx3YFMVo?...

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Emory 🩶 · 14 · 2d ago

Additional Facts: Hidden mechanisms inside their bodies and bases allowed them to carry out predetermined sequences of movements. When the mechanism is wound, music begins playing and the clown starts his performance. #Victorian #history #clowns #dolls

Emory 🩶 · 15 · 2d ago

Also: He waves his wand three times before revealing a pocket watch beneath a cover on the table. The watch is concealed again, the clown repeats his magical gestures, and when the cover is lifted a second time, the watch has mysteriously been replaced by a die. #Victorian #history #clowns #doll

Pemry Janes · 1 · 1d ago

It combines two things nobody has a phobia about, clowns and puppets.

Emory 🩶 · 3 · 1d ago

😂 it does magic though

Megan Eve · 2 · 2d ago

I want my own clown :(

Emory 🩶 · 2 · 1d ago

Call out to him 🤭