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CIRCA 1590
Details
A South German ormolu figural automaton clock
Circa 1590
The spreading circular base embellished with arabesque strapwork and pierced arcading around the bell, raised on claw feet, housing a twin barrel movement with verge escapement and countwheel strike on bell (movement with alterations and adaptations), surmounted by the figure of a turbanned Turk holding a sword in his right hand and supporting a standard surmounted by a celestial globe in the left, the movement with indirect drive via the staff to the revolving globe with Roman hours indicated by a monkey seated astride it (later pointer), and also to the arm of the Turk who drops his sword at the strike of the hour
34.5cm. high
Circa 1590
The spreading circular base embellished with arabesque strapwork and pierced arcading around the bell, raised on claw feet, housing a twin barrel movement with verge escapement and countwheel strike on bell (movement with alterations and adaptations), surmounted by the figure of a turbanned Turk holding a sword in his right hand and supporting a standard surmounted by a celestial globe in the left, the movement with indirect drive via the staff to the revolving globe with Roman hours indicated by a monkey seated astride it (later pointer), and also to the arm of the Turk who drops his sword at the strike of the hour
34.5cm. high
Literature
Klaus Maurice, Die deutsche Räderuhr, Zweiter Band, pl. 365, München, 1976.
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