Italian, dial or shield clock, painted iron roman numeral dial, front hung cow's tail pendulum (lacking bob), one day duration posted iron frame movement with crown wheel and verge escapement, countwheel bell strike, rope drive.

Italian, dial or shield clock, painted iron roman numeral dial, front hung cow's tail pendulum (lacking bob), one day duration posted iron frame movement with crown wheel and verge escapement, countwheel bell strike, rope drive. this clock came to us as-found from the early collection of Dr. Hugh Grant Rowell. There is a lot of surface rust on the movement, no drive rope, small disc for pendulum is absent. There is paint loss and rust on thin iron dial, about 70% remains visible. Hour hand is original, minute hand a crude replacement. However it is a 17th Century clock, over 350 years old, and should appeal to the European horologist.