A good German Renaissance gilt brass striking alarm 'Turmchenuhr', Christoff Lutzenberger

4.8-cm engraved silvered dial callibrated I-XII and 13-24, single hour hand and engraved alarm disc with enamel flowers, similar enamel flowers to the subsidiary for quarters below, the reverse with a similar strike recording dial and striking adjusting lever, brass posted double fusee movement with verge escapement and plain balance, countwheel striking on a bell, alarm signed and dated Christoff Lutzenberger 1626 striking on the same bell, the gilt brass case surmounted by an obelisk finial and onion-domed cuppola with silvered flowers above an arcade containing the bell, the whole enclosed by a balustrade and corner finials, the central section with plain sides and moulded corner pilasters, square moulded base raised on bun feet

dial and alarm disc recently cleaned and resilvered, hands restored but looking good, striking dial lacking some of the enamel but in original state, movement in working order with some wheels restored all very well done, levers for striking train and alarm restored, case in good condition, the whole fire gilt and in good condition, one side with a small dent, clock is in almost retail condition, no winder
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