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| Keywords: Chariot clock Phaeton.png en Also known as the chariot of Apollo the biga is driven by the god with his cloak floating in the breeze representing Phaeton ™s flight driving the sun chariot across the heavens Thomire ™s clock portrayed the moment when Phaeton was still revelling in his ecstatic journey unaware that soon his horses would bolt and he would be plunged to his death The dial with a chapter ring decorated with Arabic numerals and six inner gilded spokes in the shape of torchères interspersed with palmettes and a pair of serpentine-shaped hands The car is decorated with ribbon-tied swags on the front palmettes leafy scrolls a pair of griffin heads at each side an archer ™s bow and a lyre at the rear The arch is adorned with floating ormolu bronze clouds and mounted with four signs of the Zodiac from left to right Aries Aquarius Taurus and Piscis against a patinated background The green marble rectangular base is highlighted by a frieze of dancing classical figures in low relief holding their hands The base rests on four bronze lion paw feet France First Empire period Own archive Pierre-Philippe Thomire 1751-1843 Bronzier 1805 Chariot clock PD-old-100 | ||||
