Lot n° 96
A good mid 17th century German gilt engraved brass, double-six hour striking 'Turmchenuhr' of small size
Jeremias Pfaff, Augsburg
The architectural case surmounted by a facetted finial set on a cupola raised on twelve columns over an open colonnade containing the bell and framed by a balustrade of matching pillars with turned finials to each corner. The sides framed by three-quarter columns on bases, each removable side panel with a glazed viewing aperture revealing the movement within, on a spreading base to turned feet, decorated allover with engraved flowerheads and leaves on a matted ground. The 2 inch silvered dial with large Roman numerals encircling a smaller band of Arabic 13-24 hour Arabic hours, and a gilt alarm-setting disc, set over a subsidiary quarter-hour dial, both within a mask of symmetrical floral decoration, the rear cover with silver champleve countwheel inlaid with green, red and yellow enamel foliage showing four sets of 1-6 hour striking.
The tall rectangular movement made of brass with square-section pillars, signed on a brass plate to the side Jeremias Pfaff, Augspurg (sic), both wheel trains wound from the rear; the going with chain fusee to a verge balance wheel escapement, the strike with going barrel acting on the bell above. 38cms (15ins) high.
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