GILT-BRASS RENAISSANCE TABLE CLOCK - SO CALLED "T躌MCHENUHR".
Nuremberg. Dated 1573. Hans Gruber the Elder.

Brass partly finely engraved and gilt. Silver-plated dial. On square base-plate with paw feet a tower-like case. Encircling balustrade and pierced lantern with Minerva as finial. On the front; between vines; chapter ring with 24 hour numerals in Roman and Arabic notation; below a sub dial for quarter-hours. Both lateral walls are removable; on the right side a scene from the life of King Hiskija; inscribed "VOM KVNG HISKA"; on the inside a sundial and a compass. On the left exterior side with two winding holes the baptism of Christ; on the inside a depiction of fortitude. The backside with mascaron and scrollwork; as well as inscribed in a ribbon "Peter Hell N黵nberg". Day clock with iron train with verge movement; the going and striking works with chain and fusee. On the backside under the edge a lever to start the verge. Height 28cm.
On the base-plate twice 15HG73.
Condition B.

Provenance:
Private collection Lower Saxony.

Literature:
-J黵gen Abeler: Meister der Uhrmacherkunst; Wuppertal 2010. Maker mentioned on p.196
-Klaus Maurice: Die deutsche R鋎eruhr; M黱chen 1976. Cf. ill. 131.
-Hans Christoph Ackermann: Die Uhrensammlung Nathan-Raupp; Basel 1984. For type cf. ill.46.

Hans Gruber was among the most notable Nuremberg clock makers of the 16th century. Exemplars of Gruber's work can be found in many distinguised collections; such as the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg; the Bavarian National Museum in Munich and the Landesmuseum W黵ttemberg in Stuttgart.Art trade; Van Ham.