The gold-plated hill turns to the swan to ring the bell

[The gold-plated hill turns to the swan to ring the bell]

The gold-plated hill turns to the swan to ring the bell, England, 18th century. Height: 68cm, width: 69cm, thickness: 45cm
The shape of the bell is a copper-plated rockery, with palms standing around the mountain, and snakes, cows, sheep, cranes, lions, rabbits, dogs, birds, crocodiles, lizards, shells, etc. spread all over the mountains. There is a lake at the bottom of the mountain, which is represented by a mirror. There are two swans on the lake. The three-needle clock dial is placed in the middle of the mountain. In addition to the time and minute, there is also a solar calendar on the clock dial, which shows the profit and loss of the month. There is a bell pavilion in the palm tree on the top of the mountain. There are two bell ringers kneeling in the pavilion with a hammer. Between them is a bunch of umbrella-shaped flowers embedded with stone. On both sides of the mountain stand blue glass columns wrapped with copper-plated leaves, with umbrella-shaped flowers on the top
The machinery starts, the music sounds, the swan is attracted by the magnet under the mirror to swim on the lake, and the umbrellas on the blue glass column rotate between the bell ringers. The clock was made by Williamson in England.

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