Lacquered shield clock with Capuchin monk, Anton Scherzinger, Furtwangen c. 1860, Michael Dorer (master clockmaker), 1860

Lacquered shield clock with Capuchin monk, Anton Scherzinger, Furtwangen c. 1860, Michael Dorer (master clockmaker), 1860 is held by German Clock Museum, dated 1860. Museum description: The monk standing in the entrance of the chapel regularly rings for the Angelus prayer. On this clock, the mechanism is triggered at 2:00 p.m. at midday instead of 12:00 noon. For a long time, this automaton clock was attributed to Michael Dorer. In the 19th century, however, no automaton clockmaker of this name is documented in Furtwangen, but merely a dealer in costume jewelry and colonial goods around 1845. (Deutsches Uhrenmuseum Furtwangen) The museum record gives measurements height: 39.80 cm, width: 25.00 cm, depth: 23.00 cm; maker recorded: Michael Dorer (master clockmaker); Anton Scherzinger. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.