Christoff Miller, Augsburg, 101 x 80 mm, circa 1645

A rare round Augsburg horizontal table clock with hour self strike
Case: firegilt brass case, applied open-worked silver foliate scrolls with very fine engravings, four toupie feet, rear bell. Dial: brass, firegilt, applied silver chapter ring with inlaid radial Roman hours, florally engraved centre, geometrical patterned border, blued tulip steel hands. Movm.: circular brass movement, florally engraved, pierced appliques, signed, gilt, chain/fusee, 1 engraved hammer, locking plate, verge escapement, two-arm steel balance without balance spring, engraved, pierced balance cock.