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Automaton Ship for Court BanquetsHans Schlottheim

This automaton ship (c. 1585) resembles a richly armed galleon and functioned as a centerpiece for court banquets. As it moved along the table, it played music, beat drums, animated small figures, and concluded with a sequence of firing cannons. Such elaborate mechanisms embodied late Renaissance ingenuity, turning dining into a display of technological skill and controlled spectacle.
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