A GERMAN LARGE ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS STRIKING CRUCIFIX CLOCK
CASPAR PFAFF, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1630
The orb finial with rotating hours and indicator, the base with figures of the Virgin Mary and St. John flanking the Cross; the movement with circular plates joined by turned pillars, replaced balance wheel, gut fusee for time and engraved fixed barrel for strike, steel calibrated countwheel and strike on bell to hinged base, stamped to bottom plate 'CAS PFAF'
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) diameter at base
A GERMAN LARGE ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS STRIKING CRUCIFIX CLOCK
CASPAR PFAFF, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1630
The orb finial with rotating hours and indicator, the base with figures of the Virgin Mary and St. John flanking the Cross; the movement with circular plates joined by turned pillars, replaced balance wheel, gut fusee for time and engraved fixed barrel for strike, steel calibrated countwheel and strike on bell to hinged base, stamped to bottom plate 'CAS PFAF'
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) diameter at base
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