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19th Century Enamel Turtle Form Table Clock


Release date:2021-01-03
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19th Century Enamel Turtle Form Table Clock

Inventory Number: C2012001


Made circa 1880, 15 x 8 x 7 cm, silver-gilt and painted on enamel turtle form table clock with day date and center-second watch. Two-body, in the form of a turtle, chased head, legs, and tail, the hinged upper body with a central aperture for the dial, decorated with polychrome painted on enamel classical scenes about Poseidon, the base decorated with an aquatic scene.


Functions: Hours, minutes, center seconds, date, and day.

 

The enamel scenes about Poseidon

Poseidon first saw Amphitrite dancing at Naxos among the other Nereids, and fell desperately in love with her. He promptly asked her to marry him but unfortunately, she refused. Amphitrite fled from his advances to Atlas, at the farthest ends of the sea; there the dolphin of Poseidon sought her through the islands of the sea, and finding her, spoke persuasively on behalf of Poseidon, He was such a lovely creature that Amphitrite was drawn to him and listened to his persuasion. Delphinus explained that her steadiness would balance the volatile nature of Poseidon and that if she married him there would be harmony in the sea and joy for all. As a reward, Poseidon placed an image of Delphinus in the sky. Together they had a son named Triton, a merman. Triton lived with his parents, in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea. Later he was often depicted as having a conch shell he would blow like a trumpet.

Triton is usually represented as a merman, with the upper body of a human and the tailed lower body of a fish.




 
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