Royal collections : Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace (1900)
[England? : s.n.] · leaf 53
essories of the LouisXIV clock had been suitablychosen from those which aresymbolical of Time, such asthe old man with the scythe,the three Fates, the Sun,the Chariot of the Hours;but after about 1750 anysubject becomes admissible.Such motives as that of France governed by Wis-dom, crowned by… … LYRE-SHAPED CLOCK. which such emblems largelyfigure. It is of a well-designed pyramidal shape,but rather spoilt by theplain heaviness of the plinthwith its pine-cone ex-tremities. The Oriental blue vaseclock is an instance ofabominable maltreatment.Its ormoulu mounts arefinely chased and gilt,…
