[Copper gilded deer carrying flowers to change into flower clocks]
Copper gilded deer carrying flowers to change into flower clocks, England, 18th century, 96 cm high, 29 cm wide and 45 cm thick
The lower part of the bell is a music box, and the front of the music box is a self-opening door on the second floor. The door is painted with scenery. After the door of the first floor is opened, it presents rural scenery and active characters; After the door of the second floor opens, there is a clown performance. On the platform of the music box, there are tower-shaped flowers and umbrella-shaped flowers that can change four colors. In the middle of the platform, a stag stands in the center. There are flowers embedded in the belly of the stag. The deer carries a pair of exotic animals on its back. The exotic animals hold an oval bell. Centered on the two-needle clock plate, it is surrounded by glowing stones. The top is a cone-shaped spiral flower
Start the machine, the front door of the music box opens automatically, the people in the door move, and the four-corner tower flowers and the top cone spiral flowers rotate. The clock was made by William Carpenter in London.
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