Description
This is a large and impressive clock, with nicely carved grapes and leaves, surmounted by a single bird at top. The carved nest on the base branches probably had some wooden eggs at one time and you should be able to come up with something that would look OK; they normally just laid in the nest, so it is understandable how they got separated from the case. The movement was serviced maybe 10 years ago, and the bellows replaced (flutes are original). The well detailed wooden cuckoo retains original paint and with articulated wings and moving beak when he cuckoos. Nicely fretted ivory hands appear to be old. Clock ticks robustly and cuckoos loudly. Typical of most shelf cuckoos, this is a 2-day movement. Height 19 inches
Record courtesy of R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts