Germany, a rare musical hanging clock playing multiple tunes on nine glass bells, the reverse painted glass dial with wooden, hand painted frame decorated with "HFR", rampant lions and dated 1833, floral spandrels surrounding the arabic numeral chapter ring, and two classical figures bearing garlands and a sheaf of wheat flanking the center arbor, 30 hour, three train wooden movement with music playing on the quarter hours, the tunes controlled by a 5in wooden cylinder with pins, and cow tail pendulum

wooden dial surround is original, hands are replaced, dial has a vertical crack through center and a crack in the arch, brass clad weights appear to be older replacements, wooden gears are intact, no missing teeth, the cannon pinion is newer wood, wooden frame surrounding movement recently painted green. There are 54 rows of pins on the drum and 9 hammers. This is an estate clock, purchased in West Berlin in 1957 and the dial was cracked at the time. A rare clock we previously sold in May of 2016 for $7000 plus 15% Buyer's Premium. Youtube video of glass bells chiming the quarter hour at https://youtu.be/QaofeB36-3w, ACCESSORIES: three brass weights, circa 1833

13.2 x 9.5 x 8.8 in