Automatic clocks are typical of the Baroque period.
They have complex movements that show not only hours, minutes and seconds, but also the days of the week and month, the moons and the signs of the zodiac.
The enclosures are modelled on contemporary furniture.
Standing clock
2nd half of the 19th century
The porcelain case has a round dial with black Roman numerals and indexes.
On top of the clock there is a figurative group of a couple in love.
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