IRON CLOCK Probably Germany, 17th century

IRON CLOCK

Probably Germany, 17th century
Enclosed iron case, partly pierced, painted with architectural round-arched motifs and grotesque foliate scrolls. The front painted with superimposed dials for the hours and minutes. Iron pillar-frame movement comprising three trains arranged one behind the other: going train with verge escapement and balance wheel, and two striking trains for the hours and quarter-hours on two bells. Iron weights.
13.5 × 13.5 × 34.5 cm.
The case walls were replaced later.