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The Lackschild clock, lacquered shield clock or rat trap clock,1 is a type of clock developed in the Black Forest with a painted wooden shield on the top, usually semicircular, which was widely used between 1780 and 1880.2 It is probably the best-known example of Black Forest clocks.3

Lacquered wall clocks began to be manufactured towards the end of the 18th century. They had a hand-painted lacquered wooden front panel and were called Lack-Schilderuhr. In Catalonia they were widely used throughout the 19th century and were given the name rat trap clocks with a plausible reason as the origin of the name, since they imported from the Black Forest the family of clockmakers from Igualada, named Ratera4 (although some say it was because of the similarity to wooden mouse traps.5).

Lackschild clocks, like other Black Forest clocks, were exported to numerous countries, such as Spain, France, England and Sweden, where the Black Forest had a dense commercial distribution network.6 But they also found large sales in more distant countries such as the Ottoman Empire or Russia, from where they made their way to China.