The Wise Swan

International names:

Magnetic toy "The clewer Swan"

Der kluge Schwan

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Toy. Magnetic. "The swan". Wooden case 300x300x85 with brass tray Dia210. The top of the tray around the tray is covered with coloured paper showing cards and figures and incorporating 16 wooden capsules Dia14 L70 containing slips of paper with solutions to riddles, given by positioning a brass pointer on a drawer, placed under the brass tray. (e.g. "Wass ist bey der Mahlzeit das unentbehrlichste?... Der Mund!". A magnetic swan in the water-filled tray is led to the capsule with tha correct answer.Not signedc1800 (g)

• Category: Magnets
• Hauch number: L10
• Inventory number: 8712
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 2299

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §0
• Cabinet 1: 0

• Literature:

• Catel(1790) p.23 (tab.II fig 55)