Clock, gilt brass with enamelled silver dial ring, signed by Jeremias Metzger, Augsburg, southern Germany, dated 1564

An upright chiming table clock of monstrance (or mirror) form. The low circular base rises gently to a curved section which is surmounted by a dome-shaped pierced casing enclosing a bell mechanism.

A cast figure of Atlas sits astride the dome with raised arms and palms supporting a shaped, engraved bracket which is adjoined to a circular clock case. The recessed flat sides of the clock case are finely chased with a triumphal procession. This clock was made in 1564 by a famous German clockmaker, Jeremias Metzger (or Metzker), of Augsburg. One of Metzger's clocks, also dated 1564, and now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, is probably the same clock as one described in an inventory of the collection of Archduke Ferdinand II.

The decorative treatment of the clockcase and the use of a cast draped female finial are common features on clocks signed by Metzger.