GERMAN | A RENAISSANCE GILT-BRASS AUTOMATON MONSTRANCE TABLE CLOCK, PROBABLY STUTTGARTCIRCA 1570 AND LATER

• Movement: steel movement with open springs, verge escapement and later pendulum, numbered locking ring striking on a bell, the backplate with later engraved brass embellishments• Dial: 3-inch replaced dial• Case: drum case surmounted by a mythological male figure and supported on a baluster pillar and pierced domed base housing the bell, the splayed plinth repousee with leaves and with a standing automaton figure of a nobleman raising his sword as the bell is struck