Renaissance Eisenuhr with automaton, so-called Schnapper circa 1600

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Van Dreven Antique Clocks
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Name
Renaissance Eisenuhr with automaton, so-called Schnapper circa 1600
Reference
DRVA100361
Colors
Red, Gold, Brown, Gray, Black
Categories
Decorative Arts Clocks Renaissence Clocks
Styles
Renaissance
Periods
Before 1600 Antique
Origins
Germany
Description
Renaissance Eisenuhr with automaton, so-called Schnapper circa 1600. Movement is built back on balance wheel.
When the hour strikes, the head opens its mouth as often as the clock strikes the hours. Original polychrome painting.
HxWxD 40x14x16,5cm.
SOLD.
Literature:
Frühe Hausuhren mit Gewichtsantrieb: Der Beginn der mechanischen Zeitmessung, Lothar Krombholz.
Eine Sammlung alter Uhren, Fridolin Staub:
Eisenuhren von der Gotik bis zum Barock, Uhren aus dem 17. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert, Schweizer Holzräder-- und Bauernuhren.

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