A GERMAN STRIKING TABLE CLOCK

BY JEREMIAS PFAFF II, AUGSBURG, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
BY JEREMIAS PFAFF II, AUGSBURG, LATE 17TH CENTURY
THE RECTANGULAR CASE WITH FLORALLY PIERCED SIDE PANELS, HINGED BASE PLATE ON BUN FEET HOUSING THE BELL, THE DIAL WITH FOLIATE ENGRAVING AND SILVERED ROMAN CHAPTER RING, SINGLE FOLIATE PIERCED GILT HAND, FOLIATE ENGRAVED SPANDRELS, THE MOVEMENT WITH FOUR VASE-SHAPED FRONT-PINNED PILLARS, CHAIN FUSEE, THE BARREL WITH PINNED END-CAPS, GOING BARREL FOR THE STRIKE, CALIBRATED ROSETTE-ENGRAVED COUNTWHEEL WITH BLUED STEEL HAND, FOLIATE PIERCED END ENGRAVED FOOT AND TABLE TO THE VERGE ESCAPEMENT WITH LATER BALANCE WHEEL, THE GILT HAMMER HEAD FORMED AND ENGRAVED IN A LION'S HEAD, THE BACKPLATE SIGNED JEREMIAS PFAFF AUG.
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JEREMIAS PFAFF II WAS THE SON OF JEREMIAS I, WHO DIED IN 1677. HE BECAME A MASTER CLOCKMAKER IN AUGSBURG IN THE YEAR OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH. ONE OF HIS TABLE CLOCKS IS ILLUSTRATED ON PAGE 182 IN TARDY, FRENCH CLOCKS, CLOCKS THE WORLD OVER, PART FOUR, PARIS, 1985. HE DIED IN 1701 AS A CLOCKMAKER OF GREAT REPUTE.

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