Wednesday.

It's that red coated clock jack again, do I hear someone complaining ?

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lplaining ??  Well, yes, but have a closer look . There is yet another  (smaller) clock jack figure standing in front of him. I remembered that somewhere in the depths of the Horner collection of oddities there should be another, even earlier, clock striking figure. I found him earlier today, and this is he. He was made (probably around the year 1560 to 1580) mainly of different coloured gilded bronze,  probably somewhere in Italy. He was probably one of perhaps four clock Jacks on a large domestic bronze chamber clock,  one striking the hours, probably two the quarters, and the fourth an alarm. I bought him (in a box containing clock bits) thirty or forty years ago in Sotheby's , and, as I said, I'd rather forgotten his existence. Due to my fortunate habit of never chucking anything away, I found  him fairly easily, and here he is, for your delectation. One of these days (I mean when I finally shuffle off this mortal coil) someone is going to have great fun  exploring the contents of my collection.