An early Augsburg gilt-metal automaton clock case, the moulded foot cast with foliate scrolls and strap-work, the columnar angles with foliate pedestals and composite capitals with tasselled drapes, the bell-tower top with quoined arches, the front set with the face of a man with automaton eyes and mouth, (lacking linkage), the later dial beneath with Roman enamel chapters and pierced blued hands, later twin going barrel movement with anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell; the case circa in 1600, movement and dial circa 1870

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An early Augsburg gilt-metal automaton clock case, the moulded foot cast with foliate scrolls and strap-work, the columnar angles with foliate pedestals and composite capitals with tasselled drapes, the bell-tower top with quoined arches, the front set with the face of a man with automaton eyes and mouth, (lacking linkage), the later dial beneath with Roman enamel chapters and pierced blued hands, later twin going barrel movement with anchor escapement and countwheel strike on bell; the case circa in 1600, movement and dial circa 1870
13 1/2in. (34.5cm.) high

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