Keywords: Chariot clock The Seasons.jpg en The allegorical clock depicts a lion-drawn chariot holding personifications of the Four Seasons Spring sits in front and holds a floral garland; Summer holds a sheath of cereals and a sickle; Fall holds aloft a bunch of grapes; and Winter sits pensively in the rear holding a lit brazier A putto guides the lions In the base there are five signs of the Zodiac in low relief placed within laurel coronas After a design by Philippe Laurent Roland 1746-1816 Patinated bronze France Restoration period Louis XVIII Own archive Case attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire 1751-1843 Bronzier 1822 Chariot clock Time 11 15 PD-old-100 |