LATE GOTHIC IRON CLOCK
South Germany or Switzerland. Ca. 1600-20

Iron partly painted in colours. Stone and iron weights. Upright rectangular; tower-like case with lantern finial. On all side remains of colour painting. Landscape depictions; as well as on the front a winged hourglass on clouds. Pierced finishes with flowers; faces and mythical creatures. The bell carrier with stylised flowers. Large chapter ring with Roman numerals for the hours; beneath this an auxiliary dial also with Roman numerals for the quarter-hours. Day clock movement with weight drive; iron wheels; lever movement and verge escapement or Foliot. Hour chime on a bell with annular-toothed locking plate. Height ca. 44cm. Condition B. Amendments typical for its age.

Provenance:
-Sotheby's: Important Clocks; Watches and Wristwatches; Auction Amsterdam 21.2.1995; Lot
346.
-Private collection Rhineland.

Literature:
-W.F.J. Hana: Klokken Kijkboek; Haarlem 1978. The clock depicted and addressed pp.8;9 and
60.
-Auction catalogue Sotheby's: Important Clocks; Watches and Wristwatches; Amsterdam
21.2.1995; Lot 346; cf. pp. 68 and 79.Art trade; Van Ham.