A RARE RENAISSANCE GILTBRONZE "TÜRMCHEN" SHAPED WALL CLOCK

Description:

SALE ROOM NOTICE: South German, ca. 1600
H. 31 cm
Fire-gilt, engraved bronze case with openwork top and figural finial. Front dial with Roman numerals and decorated hands. The back has a name calendar sheet with details of the signs of the zodiac and control dials for strike and alarm. Movement striking the hour and quarter, arranged in the shape of a cross, weight driven, alarm, date and striking on two bells. Spindle suspension with a short front pendulum. Weights are missing. Rest., additions, movement not checked.
From a South German collection.
Lit. Klaus Maurice und Otto Mayr, Die Welt als Uhr.