It is a Jacquemart clock or bellstriker clock. The oldest known Jacquemart clock is in Dijon, France but there are many examples. All have a human-like figure which moves, striking a bell to tell the time.
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Palais de la Dynastie
It is a Jacquemart clock or bellstriker clock. The oldest known Jacquemart clock is in Dijon, France but there are many examples. All have a human-like figure which moves, striking a bell to tell the time.
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I love clocks like that! There's a clock similar to this in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lovely place to visit.
ReplyDeleteMy one visit to Brussels, though overnight, was too short for much sightseeing. I arrived from Athens late afternoon, managed to have a wonderful meal in the square, feasting on mussels and steak tartar, then was off in the early AM for San Franciso.
ReplyDelete@Scrappy Grams, I didn't know about the clock in Frankenmuth, but I've looked it up and now I realise a friend did tell me about the Bavarian Inn there. He forgot to mention the clock. :)
ReplyDelete@Odie, I think so too.
@RNSANE, I've only ever had brief visits to Brussels, and always for work with no time to be a tourist.