A German Black Forest miniature weight-driven porcelain-fronted Jockele wall clock Unsigned, mid 19th century The wooden framed posted countwheel bell striking movement with lantern pinions, the going train with tic-tac escapement regulated by 9.5 inch star decorated brass disc bob pendulum suspended between the rear of the movement and the back panel and the strike train sounding the hour on a bell mounted above, the circular 2.25 inch white enamel Roman numeral dial with pierced steel moon hands and set into a scroll bordered shield-shaped porcelain surround with polychrome rose decorated upper frieze panel, the rear with back panel incorporating pierced arched top section for wall hanging, 14cm (5.5ins) high. The name Jockele used to describe this type of small/miniature wooden-framed weight driven wall clock originates from Jacob (Jockele) Herbstreith from Hinterzarten, who in the 1790's became well known for producing the earliest examples of this type. The current lot is a rarer model in that it has a strike train (most were timepiece alarms only) and retains the earlier layout with going train in front of the strike (rather than side-by-side) as well as sounding on a bell rather than a gong.