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LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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a german gilt metal table clock with alarm
Late 16th/early 17th Century
The square case on lion feet, the angles with multi-baluster pilasters, the partly pierced sides cast with mythological figures, the later dial cast with grotesk spandrels, 24-hours chapter ring with touch pieces, central alarm disc and blue steel hand, the movement with iron top plate and later brass backplate, pillars of square section, re-built verge escapment with hog's bristle regulation, fusee and spring barrel with pinned cap, the alarm assembly with going barrel housed within a bell, the case probably later, the movement partialy re-built
10cm. high x 14cm. wide x 14cm. deep
Late 16th/early 17th Century
The square case on lion feet, the angles with multi-baluster pilasters, the partly pierced sides cast with mythological figures, the later dial cast with grotesk spandrels, 24-hours chapter ring with touch pieces, central alarm disc and blue steel hand, the movement with iron top plate and later brass backplate, pillars of square section, re-built verge escapment with hog's bristle regulation, fusee and spring barrel with pinned cap, the alarm assembly with going barrel housed within a bell, the case probably later, the movement partialy re-built
10cm. high x 14cm. wide x 14cm. deep