Jacquemart Clock
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Gert Lucas
About this spot
A Jacquemart is an automaton with a clock on which the hours are struck by one or more mechanical puppets. Usually the doll hits the clock with a hammer. The dolls themselves are also called Ja(c)quemart or sometimes hour beater.
On the starshaped clock, every hour is represented by a painted figurine, and each figurine represents a historical figure in Brussels. In clockwise and chronological order, you will see: a Galois, Godefroid of Bouillon, Jan Van Artvevelde, Philip the Good, Charles Quint, Pierre Paul Rubens, the Count of Egmont, a soldier in 1790, Charlier a la Jambe de Bois, a tam-tam player, a soldier from WWI, and a worker.
Before, each character came out out of their niche one by one. At noon and midnight when the Jacquemart rings the bell 12 times, the figurines showed themselves one after another. Today, all of the figurines are secured in the wall for stability reasons. The melodies of the bells resonate alone.
On the starshaped clock, every hour is represented by a painted figurine, and each figurine represents a historical figure in Brussels. In clockwise and chronological order, you will see: a Galois, Godefroid of Bouillon, Jan Van Artvevelde, Philip the Good, Charles Quint, Pierre Paul Rubens, the Count of Egmont, a soldier in 1790, Charlier a la Jambe de Bois, a tam-tam player, a soldier from WWI, and a worker.
Before, each character came out out of their niche one by one. At noon and midnight when the Jacquemart rings the bell 12 times, the figurines showed themselves one after another. Today, all of the figurines are secured in the wall for stability reasons. The melodies of the bells resonate alone.
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