Arched shield clock with quarter-hour strike and 3 movements, signed Fidel Imberg, Falkau/ Titisee, 1865, florally painted arched dial with raised numeral circle (damaged), large wooden plate movement, signed on the back, 3 movements next to each other, door and wall bracket sec., strike every quarter of an hour on smaller ones Gong, subsequent strike on the hour on a large gong, metal spindle, 3 weights and wall bracket sec. original pendulum, running period 1 day, H. approx. 33cm, condition of work 3, condition of housing 2-3, rare

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