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Early in the 17th Century many years before clocks were being carved inside the Black Forest, Philipp Hainhofer (21 July 1578 - 1647)a merchant, banker, diplomat and art collector in Augsburg, wrote about a cuckoo clock which was owned by Prince Elector August von Sachsen. This is the 1st identified description of a Cuckoo Clock. At that time Europe was within the middle of a weather phenomenon referred to as the "Little Ice Age" which brought extremely cold temperatures in the winter. Athanasius Kircher was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar (1650). In his handbook on music Athanasiius described a mechanical organ that had many automated figures such as a mechanical cuckoo. This book, was the first to document in words and photos the mechanical workings of the cuckoo clock. It goes on to describe how the mechanical cuckoo can automatically open it is beak although at the exact same time the cuckoo can move both the wings and also the tail. As the beak opens and closes one hears the call of the cuckoo. Inside the clock are two organ pipes that are responsible for producing the call of the cuckoo. "Time is gold" as the saying goes and so are clocks like the Antique Mantel Clock you may see on this page. The value of time imprinted on the clocks created.
Domenico Martinelli an ordained preist (1669) was the author of a book on elementary clock which bore the title "Horologi Elementari". In this book Domenico advocates employing the call of the cuckoo to designate the hours. At that time the mechanics of a working cuckoo clock was already recognized, and any clockmaker who could also ready would realize that it was both practical and advantageous to have the cuckoo sound off the hours. Consequently cuckoo clocks began appearing in areas that had not previously been recognized for their clock creating. It would be a few additional decades just before Cuckoo Clocks began appearing in the Black Forest.
Does anyone know what "FHS" means when it comes to Antique Clocks?
I am trying to find out where this clock comes from and the maker . And the value of the clock as well. It is a wooden Mantel clock, the front opens to wind it with a key the back opens and has a pengaliem there is FHS cm 15 78.28 engraved inside the back. I know it has to be an antique because it came from an 83 year old unle. Can anyone help? please
FHS means it was made by Franz Hermle & Sons.....
"Nearly one hundred years ago, Franz Hermle began manufacturing and selling mechanical clocks.
In 1922, Franz Hermle founded the Franz Hermle Clock Company in Gosheim/Wuerttemberg, Germany.
Within ten years the company became known as one of the most modern and efficient manufacturers of
clock movements in the clock industry. Franz Hermle and his sons' dedication weathered the effects of
WWII and made Franz Hermle und Sohn Uhrenfabrik prosper while other companies folded.
The founder, Franz Hermle, died in 1953 and left a modern and prosperous operation to his sons
Gebhard, Alfred, Hans and Heinrich Hermle. Now in its third generation, Franz Hermle und Sohn
employs over 500 people in 4 locations in Germany and an additional manufacturing facility,
Hermle Black Forest Clocks, in Amherst, Virginia, USA. Today, the company is a worldwide leader
in the manufacturing of clocks, and mechanical clock movements.
The trademark is the word Hermle in script or simply FHS stamped on the works."
http://www.goantiques.com/detail,vintage-german-art,1933149.html
http://www.clockforum.com/fhs-german-mantle-clock-t344.html
The first Black Forest Cuckoo Clocks: It isn't recognized who built the very first cuckoo clocks inside the Black Forest, but is is identified that this fascinating and appealing clock quickly circumvented the realm. Among the earliest known Cuckoo Clock makers was Franz Anton Ketterer (1676-1749) whose heritage is inside the Sch?nwald in Schwarzwald. By the mid eighteenth century a lot of clock makers had set up stores and had been producing cuckoo clocks that worked with the aid of wooden plates and gears. The clocks had been beautifully carved and decorated with hand painted shields. The very first Cuckoo Clocks were pretty basic having only square faces and painted with water colors. As the clocks evolved and grew far more refined in their designs, they were also embellished with animated birds who flapped their wings and moved their beaks. There are plenty of conflicting stories and legends which tell the story of the origins of the Cuckoo Clock in the Black Forest, but none of the stories can be verified. We also need to don't forget that the idea of placing a cuckoo bird in a clock total with sound and movement did not originate inside the Black Forest. Having said that it really is the people today of the Black Forest who developed in business, and improved on the technology and designs which have produced Black Forest Cuckoo Clocks highly desired timepieces all over the world. "Time is gold" as the saying goes and so are clocks like the Antique Mantel Clock you might see on this page. The value of time imprinted on the clocks produced.
At the end of the eighteenth century and up to the middle of the nineteenth century Cuckoo Clocks essentially consisted of a a flat wooden face with the workings of the clock attached behind the face. On top of the face of the clock was place a semi circular piece of wood which was adorned with stunning designs and which housed the cuckoo bird. During the cold winter nights the clock makers would function making their attractive extremely decorated clocks. In the Spring the clocks had been then sold by door to door by clock peddlers who carried the Cuckoo Clocks by means of a rack which was carried on their backs. Entire families would function in their cottages making the Cuckoo Clocks and every loved ones member had the expertise of generating specific pieces of the clock which was then assembled by but a different loved ones member. Styles of Cuckoo Clocks: There are many styles of Cuckoo Clocks, one of the most familiar becoming the Swiss Chalet Style which evolved about the end of the nineteenth century. The most basic sort of Cuckoo Clock will be the One Day Cuckoo Clock which wants to be wound 1 time each and every day. Next there is the Eight Day Cuckoo Clock which needs to be wound only 1 time per week. Every of these clocks has a musical version together with the addition of a Swiss music box. Animated figures now are added which include a man sawing wood, men drinking beer and even a water wheel turning. Themes of the Cuckoo Clock include deer heads, dead and live animals, leaves and birds. Later versions now consist of a Quartz Cuckoo Clock which doesn't have to be wound and which has the recorded sound of an actual Cuckoo. The production center of the Cuckoo Clock is still the Black Forest of Germany, and also the Cuckoo Clock is still a favorite of the tourist visiting there. Could stories including such as those for youngsters have been written about Cuckoo Clocks and like the Cuckoo Clocks themselves they stay well-liked to this day.