Clock with bell strikers
Jacquemarts - a suitcase word from French, composed of Jacques (Jacob) and marteau (hammer) - are mostly men who beat the hours with a mallet. The Black Forest clock shown comes from the 1st half of the 20th century.
Movement: Wood-spindled tunnel work with hook passage. Movement and striking mechanism arranged one behind the other. Quarter-hour strike on two bells, hour strike on the third large bell Weight drive via pulleys.
Sign: Rectangular fir wood sign. In the upper part a cutout for the three bell-ringers in dressing gowns and top hats, the three bells and a stylized cityscape. Above it still life with fruit, in the spandrels floral decoration. Dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes.
Hands: Black Forest brass hands.
