Renaissance crucifix clock

RENAISSANCE CRUCIFIX CLOCK MADE OF GILT AND SILVER-PLATED BRONZE, BRASS AND GLASS.

Königsberg.
Date: 2nd half of the 17th century.
Maker/Designer: Georg Schulz.
Technique: Gilt and partially silver-plated bronze, steel, brass and glass.
Description: Hexagonal plinth on ornament-decorated feet on the corners, the side panels glassed. On
top a cross with the Corpus Christi as well as Mary and John as auxiliary figures. As the
upper finish of the cross, rotatable globe with equatorially rotating hour display. Below
a flying angel with immovable clock hand. Day clock movement with verge escapement. The
movement with chain and fuse, the striking mechanism with fixed spring barrel and
revolving spring ring, alarm.
Measurement: Height 33cm.
Mark: Signed on the plate.
Condition B.

Provenance:
Private collection Lower Saxony.

Literature:
- Jürgen Abeler: Meister der Uhrmacherkunst, Wuppertal 2010. The master mentioned on p.516.
- Klaus Maurice: Die deutsche Räderuhr, München 1976. Compare fig. 407 to 417 and fig. 620.
- Hans Christoph Ackermann: Die Uhrensammlung Nathan-Raupp, Basel 1984. regarding this type compare fig. 56.
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