Bronze plated rotating column Taiping elephant clock

[Bronze plated rotating column Taiping elephant clock]

The bronze plated rotating column Taiping elephant clock is 85 centimeters high, 33 centimeters long, and 40 centimeters wide
This clock is of the four story clock tower type, with a bright blue enamel clock face inlaid with gold and silver flowers. The white dial is inlaid in the middle of the third layer, with golden hour and minute hands, striking and luxurious against the blue enamel of gold and silver
The mechanical part of this clock is divided into two separate systems: one is a timing system, and the other is a performance system, each controlled by two upper chord holes. The performance system mechanism is on the first floor. After startup, accompanied by beautiful music, the glass rotating flowers on the first floor of the clock tower, the people and water methods in the glass frames on the left and right sides, the three rotating flowers on the front of the second floor, the columns on the third and fourth floors, and the rotating flowers in the four corner vases on each floor all worked. The silver elephant’s nose in the front door of the fourth floor rolled up and down, and the elephant’s tail swung back and forth. As soon as the music stops, all the performance stops. Elephants, which means “everything is renewed”, are auspicious objects
This clock has a beautiful shape, brilliant colors, and exquisite mechanical design. It is a representative work of clocks and watches made in Guangzhou during the Qianlong period