Dating German Cuckoo Clocks
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Dating german cuckoo clocks. Black forest craftsmen have been making cuckoo clocks since the 1600s and. Antique german black forest cuckoo clock it s about a 9 inch tall house with a bird on the top looking up with a red eye. Inquire if the clock has a certificate of authenticity from the black forest clock association vds this. There is one leaf in front of the bird and one behind it.
The fehrenbach family originates from the black forest and so do our cuckoo clocks. Examine the back of the clock case. Black forest cuckoo clocks are our passion. However check for certain signs to establish a rough age.
It also served as home to the first cuckoo clocks. Dating mid century modern starburst clock clock is a large 30 seth thomas starburst clock model starlight e618 000 clock has alternating 12 brass spikes with. How to date german cuckoo clocks. Aside from mismatched holes and differences in arbors one can tell the age of the movement and case and if they do not agree it is a married piece this used to be called a bastard piece i believe it must might have offended some so the name was changed to a married piece on a cuckoo clock that has a regula movement dating the movement is usually easy.
Print a catalog of our complete line of german cuckoo clocks by hubert herr about 30 pages. The black forest region in germany spawned more than just fairy tales. One of them is this cute musical clock with 2 doors wooden dial and night shutoff. The peasants of a region in germany known as the black forest began making clocks in the mid 17th century but it wasn t until a hundred years later that a clockmaker added a trapdoor and a small mechanical bird to create the first cuckoo clock reports cecil clutton in britten s old clocks and watches assigning a cuckoo clock to a particular year is almost impossible unless its maker happens to have signed and dated the clock.