Automaton in the Form of a Triumphal Chariot Drawn by Four Horses, ca. 1760–70, British, Gilt bronze, brilliants, Length: 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, A spring-driven device above the right front wheel activates that wheel and two shafts beneath the horses, propelling the chariot forward and causing each pair of horses to bob back and forth. As the shafts are jointed, the chariot can be steered by turning the lead horses to the right or left
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Automaton, Form, Triumphal Chariot Drawn, Four Horses, ca, 1760–70, British, Gilt bronze, brilliants, Length, 14 5/8, 37.1 cm, Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, spring-driven, device, right front, wheel, activates, two shafts, beneath, horses, propelling, chariot forward, causing, pair, bob back, forth, shafts, jointed, chariot, steered, turning, lead horses, right, left
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