Drum shaped clock from the third quarter of the 16th Century

Drum shaped clock by unknown maker, Germany, 1550-1575. Engraved gilt-metal canister case, the side engraved with three busts and foliage. Cover engraved with the bust of a soldier with surrounding wreath. Gilt dial with hour figures I-XII and 13-24 and central sun. Replacement hand. Movement with three wheels, a characteristic long fusee and verge escapement with balance. Ratchet set-up. Movement and plates all made of iron. Brass contrate and escape-wheels are replacements, and the original balance was probably of larger diameter. The back is stamped 'C'.

Formed part of the collection of the Reverend Henry Nelthropp, later donated by Nelthropp to the museum of Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. Clockmakers' Museum No. 581