Concept information
Preferred term
Jacks, clock figures
Definition(s)
- One or two mechanical figures in armor which strike the hours, and sometimes the quarters, with a club or ax; more common in town clocks but may also be used in domestic clocks; some Black Forest clocks have two small figures striking the quarters and a larger figure striking the hours
Synonym(s)
- Clock figures, jacks
- Jacks-o'-the-clock
Notation
- 120882
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-VKKCLLDS-Z
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