Copper plated enamel inverted ball roller shutter turntable clock

[Copper plated enamel inverted ball roller shutter turntable clock]

Copper plated enamel inverted ball roller shutter turntable clock, Guangzhou, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, height 104 cm, width 39 cm, thickness 31 cm
Bell body copper gilded blue ground gold flower wide enamel. The clock has three levels. In the hollow out background of the front of the bottom floor, there are rotating water techniques and architectural paintings. In the middle, there is a tooth-shaped staff holder standing, one kneeling at each end, holding a small bottle, with curved tracks paved between the two bottle mouths. The front of the middle floor is a silk curtain painted with idyllic scenery in Europe. The upper end of the curtain is threaded on a crossbar, and both ends of the crossbar are connected to the transmission system by gears. After starting, the gears at both ends of the rod are moved, driving the curtain to gradually roll up. After the curtain is rolled to the top, it pauses for a certain time, and the curtain falls again. The curve ends, and the curtain returns to its original position. Inside the curtain are sacrificial figures such as horses carrying bottles, elephant carrying towers, and acrobatic performances on the horizontal bar. They are fixed to a turntable and rotate under gear drive. The four corner enamel pillars and flowers in the middle layer can also be rotated. The upper layer is a three needle clock, the clock top and the four corner stone flowers can rotate
This clock music and activity device is installed in the ground floor. After starting, with the sound of music, the copper ball is poured out from the left bottle mouth, rolled into the right bottle along the foot track, and then fell into the bell pulp. There is a Fried Dough Twists shaft with a sleeve in the inside of the clock. The rotating Fried Dough Twists shaft stirs the ball into the left bottle again and pours it out from the mouth of the bottle. The ball keeps rolling. The head of the person holding the staff in the middle swings from side to side, as if enjoying the performance. At the same time, the middle curtain is rolled up, the treasure donor rotates, and the turner performs on the bar. The enamel column, corner flower, and top flower rotate accordingly
This clock is finely made, especially for the movable mechanical device part, which requires high mechanical production requirements.