Copper gilded finger time minute

[Copper gilded man refers to time minutes]

Copper gilded man refers to time minutes, Britain, 18th century, 140 cm high, 60 cm wide and 50 cm thick
The bell body is supported by curly grass style, which is divided into four layers. The bottom floor is a music box, with a glass window in the middle, with water method, running people and landscape painting inside; There are three plates at the back, the middle is the time plate, and the left and right sides are the lunar calendar and solar calendar plates respectively. There are seven dragons in the center of the platform on the second floor; Three clock dials are horizontally placed on the three round tables at the front of the platform, which are respectively hour, minute and second dials. A staff holder is set at the center of each clock dial, and the staff in his hand actually acts as a pointer; In the middle of the rear of the platform is a hunter with a gun, who patrols around with his eyes. There are dancers standing on the two platforms on both sides. At the center of the platform on the third floor is the scene of four fish spitting water. The gold-plated umbrella cover at the four corners is equipped with a bell bowl. There is one person under the umbrella. The front two people hold a bell hammer, and the back two people dance. There is a bell ringer in the pavilion on the fourth floor. There is a trumpeter at the top of the clock. The clock runs on the first and second floors, and the time telling and carving parts are on the third and fourth floors
After winding, the staff holders standing on the clock dial rotate at a fixed speed, and the staff on the second hand dial rotates the fastest. At every moment, the bell ringer in front of the third floor platform strikes the bell bowl to report the carving, and the two people behind turn with it. Every time it is on time, the bell ringers on the fourth floor report the time with a hammer. The mobile gadget machine starts, the people on the bottom run forward, the water method on each floor sprays water, and the trumpeter on the top rotates. This clock was made by William Vale in London.