In 1829 Louis Rochat made a curious and complicated clock, for which he was awarded by a special diploma, and appointed “Companion of the Watchmakers and scientists of the city of Geneva.”— [Illustration: Silver gilt and enamel Bird Box by Charles Bruguier-the-Son Collection Tiffany & C^o., New York ] Lami of Geneva This artist was born in 1810 and died in 1902. He made singing bird boxes of the same size and grade of work as the Bruguiers. They are just as well quoted by connoisseurs as these, but they are very difficult to recognize as he did not mark nor number them.— * * * * * To these different names it is only right that we should add that of the Maillardet Family: Jean David Maillardet and Auguste Maillardet who have made many small mechanical works, after their collaboration with the Jaquet-Droz. Unfortunately they very seldom signed their pieces, and the documents respecting their biography are consequently inexistent. Some of their works have anyhow come under our notice, for instance a snuff box which belongs to a private collection of Neuchâtel and is loaned to the Museum of La Chaux de Fonds. The origin of that piece has been traced as it has been won in a lottery, the curious advertisement concerning which (dated 27 March 1847) is still to be seen in the Museum of La Chaux de Fonds. The number of tickets issued for the lottery was 2700, each of which was valued at “3 Francs of France.” This snuff box, bearing N^o 5, was valued at the time at 420 “Francs of France” (what should its value be now)? The second piece is a “Magician” executing all sorts of tricks, which is still exhibited in the Museum of La Chaux de Fonds. * * * * * [Illustration: 1910] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES 1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. 3. This book was hand-written. 4. Superscripts are denoted by a caret before a single superscript character or a series of superscripted characters enclosed in curly braces, e.g. M^r. or M^{ister}.