A SMALL GILT-BRASS RENAISSANCE DRUM TIMEPIECE, GERMAN, CIRCA 1550

A SMALL GILT-BRASS RENAISSANCE DRUM TIMEPIECE, GERMAN, CIRCA 1550

• Movement: incomplete iron movement with fusee and hogs bristle regulation, pallets and foliot lacking
• Dial: with inner twenty-four hour ring and with touch pieces
• Case: drum case engraved with medallion portraits linked by flowers and leaves, indistinct makers mark

diameter 50mm

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Condition Report:
Dial: has section of rim missing between XII and II, hand replaced.
Case: in generally good condition with old minor dents and marks commensurate with age. No winder.
Movement: lacking pallets and foliot, spring barrel replaced but otherwise appears to be complete, some old repairs.

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.

Provenance:
Edward Hornby Collection, Sotheby's London, Edward Hornby Collection, 1 December 1978, Lot 4