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A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects

Objects 12: Blood letting device

Cliff Eisen focuses on medicine in the second half of the 18th century with a scarifier

Object 10 & 11: Leopold's books and Mozart's tea chest

Cliff Eisen talks about travel in the 18th Century, and discovers the Leopold's books.

Object 9: A Masonic periodical published in Vienna in the 1780s

Cliff Eisen explores Mozart's Masonic links in Vienna.

Object 8: A window from Mozart’s flat in Vienna

A window from Mozart's flat in Vienna inspires Cliff Eisen.

Object 7: Salzburg’s executioner’s sword

Cliff Eisen starts with an executioner’s sword.

Object 6: A telescope and a musical clock

Cliff Eisen concentrates on a 18th-Century state-of-the-art telescope and a musical clock.

Object 5: The Mozarts’ Games

Cliff Eisen explores Mozart's world through objects. Today: Mozart's games.

Object 4: Mozart’s own piano

Cliff Eisen explores Mozart's world through objects. Today: Mozart's Piano

Object 3: A model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Cliff Eisen explores Mozart's world through objects. Today: Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Object 2: Portraits of Mozart

Cliff Eisen explores Mozart's world through objects. Today: Mozart's portraits.

Object 1: Mozart’s Watch

Cliff Eisen explores Mozart's world through objects. Today: Mozart's watch