Movement: gilded drum-clock with verge escapement, later balance, gut-fusee Dial: gilt brass, outer chapter with Roman numerals I to XII, touch pins above, inner chapter displaying Arabic numerals 13 – 24, gilded single hand Case: gilt bronze, in the shape of highly decorated stag horn powder flask, the one side with cast decoration bearing intricate chased hunting scenes likely to be derived from the designs of Jan Stradanus - a castle is depicted in the far distance, a stag is seen followed by several animated hunting dogs, below a hunter attacks a bear with his spear while hunting dogs are jumping on top of him, the lower parts are displaying a variety of wild animals within bushes and trees, on the right two men, one with a lantern to attract the ducks in the pond and the second man with a large net ready to catch the oncoming birds, the other side is engraved with arabesques and foliate scrolls, the watch is contained within a hinged open-work cover that is secured by a hook at 12 o’clock. length 200mm
Movement: gilded drum-clock with verge escapement, later balance, gut-fusee Dial: gilt brass, outer chapter with Roman numerals I to XII, touch pins above, inner chapter displaying Arabic numerals 13 – 24, gilded single hand Case: gilt bronze, in the shape of highly decorated stag horn powder flask, the one side with cast decoration bearing intricate chased hunting scenes likely to be derived from the designs of Jan Stradanus - a castle is depicted in the far distance, a stag is seen followed by several animated hunting dogs, below a hunter attacks a bear with his spear while hunting dogs are jumping on top of him, the lower parts are displaying a variety of wild animals within bushes and trees, on the right two men, one with a lantern to attract the ducks in the pond and the second man with a large net ready to catch the oncoming birds, the other side is engraved with arabesques and foliate scrolls, the watch is contained within a hinged open-work cover that is secured by a hook at 12 o’clock. length 200mm
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