A German brass striking large square table clock Probably Augsburg. Dated 1584 The dial plate bordered by the inscription; QVID*ME*VERTENDO*MISER*ET*QVATIENDO*QVID*VRGES*AN*NESGIS*MEGVM*QVOD*T VA*VITA*FLVIT*ANO*1584 , the dial with later twice XII chapter disc with foliate engraving and single steel hand, the dial plate later engraved with unusual rustic scenes, the large square movement with four iron baluster pillars secured with screws to the front and backplates, the frontplate of steel, the backplate overlaid with a plate of brass, the going train with chain and fusee to the spring barrel with brass body and pinned steel caps, the verge escapement now with later balance wheel and large foliate engraved cock, similar chain and fusee for the strike train again with pinned steel caps to the spring barrel, the countwheel planted on the backplate and the bell and hammer positioned within the plates, the case engraved to the four sides with female figures emblematic of the cardinal virtues: PRVDENTIA; represented by a seated Prudence with three faces, her left arm entwined with a serpent and her right holding a globe and book recalling the mythographer's view of time past, present and future, with a lake and hillside town in the background and pierced for a sound fret with a five-pointed star and engraved; QVISQVIS ES, O PRVDENS, IANVM SECTARE BIFRONTEM: SERPENTIS VARIOS FINGERE DESCE DOLOS. PARETERITA ILLE DOCUT, TE IVNGERE FACTA FVTVRIS: HIC VETAT OBYCERE AD SAEVA PERICLA CAPVT. TEMPERANCIA; depicted seated holding a caparisoned horse with the bridle in her right hand, pierced for sound with a five-pointed star, engraved; FORTIS EQVVM COHIBE, GENEROSA VIRAGO FVRENTEM, NE PRAECEPS LENTAS GRADIENS CONTEMNAT HABENAS. COMPEDIBVS VENEREM, VINCLIS CONSTRINGE LYAEVM, QVISQVIS OUD AETHEREOS PROPERAS EQVITARE PENATES. IVSTICIA; depicted seated with a crown on her head with a set of scales in her left hand and a sword resting across her shoulder attended by a stone-bearing crane (inspired by Aristotle's Historia Animalum) flanked by two oval armorial crests, the left signed IM , the following inscription to the upper and lower borders; QVAE: ILEA: IVSTICIA. ECQVID TORVO LVMINEA FLECTI NESCIA SVM LACRYMIS, NEC PRECE, NEC PRECIO CVR GLADIVM TVA DEXTRA GERIT: CVR LAEVA BILANCEN FONDERAT HAEC CAVSAS: PERCVTIT ILLE REOS. FORTITVDO; represented by the seated and armoured Minerva holding Samson's broken pillar and with Hercules' lion in the foreground with a town in the hills engraved in the background and flanked by two armorial oval crests and engraved; MAGNANIMVM IN DEVRIS, MILES GENEROSE, LEONEM. EXPRIME: NEC RAPIDIS VLLVM LACERAVERIS VNCIS. ILLVD ENIM PRAESTANS ANIMI REPVTATO MONILE HOC CAVE, NE IMMANIS CVM SIS HOMO, BELLVA FIS. 3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) high, 6 in. (15.2 cm.) square
A German brass striking large square table clock Probably Augsburg. Dated 1584 The dial plate bordered by the inscription; QVID*ME*VERTENDO*MISER*ET*QVATIENDO*QVID*VRGES*AN*NESGIS*MEGVM*QVOD*T VA*VITA*FLVIT*ANO*1584 , the dial with later twice XII chapter disc with foliate engraving and single steel hand, the dial plate later engraved with unusual rustic scenes, the large square movement with four iron baluster pillars secured with screws to the front and backplates, the frontplate of steel, the backplate overlaid with a plate of brass, the going train with chain and fusee to the spring barrel with brass body and pinned steel caps, the verge escapement now with later balance wheel and large foliate engraved cock, similar chain and fusee for the strike train again with pinned steel caps to the spring barrel, the countwheel planted on the backplate and the bell and hammer positioned within the plates, the case engraved to the four sides with female figures emblematic of the cardinal virtues: PRVDENTIA; represented by a seated Prudence with three faces, her left arm entwined with a serpent and her right holding a globe and book recalling the mythographer's view of time past, present and future, with a lake and hillside town in the background and pierced for a sound fret with a five-pointed star and engraved; QVISQVIS ES, O PRVDENS, IANVM SECTARE BIFRONTEM: SERPENTIS VARIOS FINGERE DESCE DOLOS. PARETERITA ILLE DOCUT, TE IVNGERE FACTA FVTVRIS: HIC VETAT OBYCERE AD SAEVA PERICLA CAPVT. TEMPERANCIA; depicted seated holding a caparisoned horse with the bridle in her right hand, pierced for sound with a five-pointed star, engraved; FORTIS EQVVM COHIBE, GENEROSA VIRAGO FVRENTEM, NE PRAECEPS LENTAS GRADIENS CONTEMNAT HABENAS. COMPEDIBVS VENEREM, VINCLIS CONSTRINGE LYAEVM, QVISQVIS OUD AETHEREOS PROPERAS EQVITARE PENATES. IVSTICIA; depicted seated with a crown on her head with a set of scales in her left hand and a sword resting across her shoulder attended by a stone-bearing crane (inspired by Aristotle's Historia Animalum) flanked by two oval armorial crests, the left signed IM , the following inscription to the upper and lower borders; QVAE: ILEA: IVSTICIA. ECQVID TORVO LVMINEA FLECTI NESCIA SVM LACRYMIS, NEC PRECE, NEC PRECIO CVR GLADIVM TVA DEXTRA GERIT: CVR LAEVA BILANCEN FONDERAT HAEC CAVSAS: PERCVTIT ILLE REOS. FORTITVDO; represented by the seated and armoured Minerva holding Samson's broken pillar and with Hercules' lion in the foreground with a town in the hills engraved in the background and flanked by two armorial oval crests and engraved; MAGNANIMVM IN DEVRIS, MILES GENEROSE, LEONEM. EXPRIME: NEC RAPIDIS VLLVM LACERAVERIS VNCIS. ILLVD ENIM PRAESTANS ANIMI REPVTATO MONILE HOC CAVE, NE IMMANIS CVM SIS HOMO, BELLVA FIS. 3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) high, 6 in. (15.2 cm.) square
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