Metal Chariot Scene attachment to something?

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  1. drg642

    drg642 Well-Known Member

    This is about 8 x 3.5 inches, metal with gilt finish, not magnetic. I did a Google image search which did not turn up this particular scene. Is it anything recognizable? And what do you think this was attached to? Thank you!

    Last one for today, and I appreciate all the help. Have not been going to any sales, and am reduced to going through my too large collection of "stuff I need more info on" that I have put aside.
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  2. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    @Bronwen - This looks like something she might know something about. :happy::happy:
     
  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    If I were guessing I'd say it came off of a piece of furniture , or maybe a mirror. Artemis in her chariot with Cupid & Co? Nike? She has a shield and a spear so she's one of the fighter goddesses.
     
  4. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Where is her left arm?
     
  5. QuincyAK10

    QuincyAK10 Well-Known Member

    Is it underneath the shield?
     
  6. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Maybe. If dgr can look.
     
  7. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Are the front and back putti blindfolded? Maybe an allegory of Justice?
     
  8. drg642

    drg642 Well-Known Member

    Looks like the left arm is supposed to be holding the shield.
    No blindfolds on the putti.
     
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  9. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    It's quite a mashup. I can't tell what the putto on the far right is holding but the one next to him has a globe & pointer, on the ground in front of him are a pyramid shape & a carpenter's square. These are items typically seen with Urania, Muse of Astronomy, who gets tied in with geometry as well. The goddess has the helmet of Athena, the shield of an Amazon, &, as she rides along in her biga, is in a pose typical of Nike/Victoria or Eos/Aurora. I would suggest this was once on a clock. The allusion to Astronomy also ties in with timekeeping.
     
  10. drg642

    drg642 Well-Known Member

    Thank you, Bronwen.
     
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  11. ritzyvintage

    ritzyvintage Well-Known Member

    It was possibly a decorative ormolu feature upon a marble/slate clock.
     
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    drg642 Well-Known Member

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