Ha, that looks like a time piece - clock (see above).
File aimler Maybach Grandfather Clock Engine.jpg
File aimler Maybach Grandfather Clock Engine.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
Gottlieb Daimler applies for a patent for his “grandfather clock” engine
April 3, 1885.
http://www.cartype.com/pages/4651/gottlieb_daimler_applies_for_a_patent_for_his_gran dfather_clock_engine
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Groundbreaking invention: The four-stroke engine developed by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, nicknamed Grandfather Clock. The first unit ran successfully in 1884.
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During the course of 1886 an engine was mounted into a carriage frame – resulting in Daimler’s fist automobile and the world’s first four-wheeled motorised vehicle with petrol drive.
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