Copper plated gold rising sun, moon, constant bird sound pavilion style clock

[Copper Plated Sun Rising Moon Constant Bird Sound Pavilion Clock]

Copper Plated Sun Rising Moon Constant Bird Sound Pavilion Clock, Suzhou, Qing Guangxu, height 131 cm, width 69 cm, thickness 44 cm
The top of the bell is a square pavilion with a dragon ridge. On the bar in the hall stands a bird, which can move its beak after winding, emit a clear and graceful song, and shake its head and tail at the same time
The front of the clock is inlaid with blue glass to set off a copper plated engraved flower panel, with a three pin clock in the center. Above the clock dial is a hole for automatically opening and closing the door, and after the door is opened, there are flower branches that switch inside. There are three small disks below the clock dial, with the left indicating the “weekly disk” from Monday to Sunday, the right indicating the “annual calendar” of twelve months, and the middle disk containing a map of twelve hours and the North Pole star, which contains a device to simulate the rise and fall of the sun and moon< In the morning, the sun rises in the middle disk, and at noon, the sun rises to the center of the disk and sets in the evening. At night, the moon rises and sets at dawn, and the phases of the moon change with the date. Therefore, the clock is named after "the rising sun and the constant moon.".