4300 - Early drum/horizontal clock: rare Renaissance-style table clock, Johann Wüsthof Hall, ca. 1670 and later: Horizontal clock by Johann Wüsthof(f), active c. 1660?1680 in Hall; presumably a later round brass case with traces of gilding, case finely engraved with an ornamental band featuring foliage, fleurs-de-lis and relief lion masquerons; a folding stand ring with a built-in bell; resting on four feet, decorated with acanthus leaves and fleurs-de-lis as well as relief lion masquerons; Dial decorated with the same scenes, featuring Roman numerals, a large hour hand, a small off-centre display showing Roman quarter-hours, mainplate with traces of gilding, decorated with applied, pierced and engraved floral and foliage motifs, bearing a watchmaker"s mark and the place name "Johann Wüsthof Hall", Balance cock openwork and engraved with floral and foliage motifs, one spring for the hour strike, another for the quarter-hour strike, each with a florally decorated hammer; lock-disc striking mechanism for the full hours, with the inscription "Die Stunden man hier merken mag"; striking mechanism for the quarter-hours with the inscription "Hier zeiget es Den fiertel Schlag", verge movement driven by a chain and fusee, movement intact, height 12 cm, diameter measured from the feet 15 cm. Provenance: Auction at Galerie am Neumarkt, Zurich, 1971. A video for this lot is available on our website.