A RENAISSANCE GILT-BRASS AUTOMATON MONSTRANCE TABLE CLOCK, PROBABLY STUTTGART, CIRCA 1570 AND LATER

A RENAISSANCE GILT-BRASS AUTOMATON MONSTRANCE TABLE CLOCK, PROBABLY STUTTGART, CIRCA 1570 AND LATER

• Movement: steel movement with open springs, verge escapement and later pendulum, numbered locking ring striking on a bell, the backplate with later engraved brass embellishments
• Dial: 3-inch replaced dial
• Case: drum case surmounted by a mythological male figure and supported on a baluster pillar and pierced domed base housing the bell, the splayed plinth repousee with leaves and with a standing automaton figure of a nobleman raising his sword as the bell is struck

height 28cm

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Condition Report:
DIAL: dial replaced
CASE: in generally good condition retaining much original gilding, holes to the plinth indicate that it probably had further wooden plinth originally. No winder.
MOVEMENT: complete but dirty and needs clean and overhaul, conversion to pendulum cutting through the rim of the drum case, later embellishments to the backplate

Please note that the movement has not been tested for the accuracy of its timekeeping. Please note that Sotheby's does not guarantee the future working of the movement and that a service may be required at the buyer's discretion.