Copper gilded four elephants carrying eight square flower clocks

[Copper gilded four elephants carrying eight square rotary flower clocks]

Copper gilded four elephants carrying eight square rotary flower clocks, England, 18th century, 142 cm high, 87 cm wide and 91 cm thick
This is a baroque style clock. The four steps are carved with dense patterns, and four elephants are carrying clocks. The front and rear doors of the lower floor are painted with Versailles Palace, and the flower belt composed of various colors of materials and stones surrounds the edge of the picture; The front and rear doors are inlaid with round porcelain chips. In the front three pictures, the middle one is a girl driving, the car is pulled by a flying horse, and the two sides are the maid images; Behind is a picture of peacock; There is a spacious hall in the main entrance. The statue of Apollo, the god of light in ancient Greek mythology and legend, is cast under the archway in the center of the hall; On the left and right sides of the lower floor, there are classical figure landscape paintings, in which the guard of honor is painted to surround the king; There are white stone columns at the four corners of the lower layer, and the columns are wrapped with colored stone flower bands. On the front of the middle layer is the clock plate. There is a gear-shaped blue stone flower in the center of the plate. The longer two teeth are the time and minute hands respectively. The flower rotates while walking; There are two small dials above the clock dial. The left is the music stop dial, and the right is the music change dial. This clock can play seven pieces of music; The back of the middle layer is painted with the scene of soldiers going to war, and the left and right sides are cast with the bronze head of Apollo and the oil painting of women. A tree stands upright on the upper layer, and a large stone falls to symbolize the fruit; Two stone flowers are fixed on the trunk of the tree. The flowers are novel in shape. The small flowers set off the central crescent moon, like stars scattered around the moon
This clock is made by George Higginson in London.