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Early in the 17th Century quite a few years before clocks were being carved in 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 recognized description of a Cuckoo Clock. At that time Europe was in the middle of a weather phenomenon referred to as the "Little Ice Age" which brought incredibly 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 which includes a mechanical cuckoo. This book, was the very 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's beak though at the very same time the cuckoo can move both the wings along with 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 Seth Thomas you can see on this page. The value of time imprinted on the clocks developed.
Cuckoo Clocks: A Brief History; Until the early 1600's, time telling devises in Germany consisted of sundials and hourglasses. All of that changed in 1630, when a man named Franz Kettler from Triberg, Germany went to what's now the Czech Republic, and brought back the concept of a clock. It was a straightforward style, called a wooden beam clock, and had wooden gears and stones as weights. Soon, clock producing became a source of pride, and supplied occupation throughout winter months. A unique group referred to as the Hauslers developed. These men were the younger sons of land owners, and used clock creating as an additional source of income.
Trying to find out what an antique mantel clock is worth , it's date and so forth?
We think this clock may be a seth thomas mantel clock
Best thing to do is take it to an antique dealer. You might want to start out doing some independant research first. See if the company that you think made your clock has a website. Then compare the pictures. I think there is identification on the back of the metal clock face (if it's a removable face) or on the door in the back (again if it's able to be opened). You also might want to look up when the antique road show is coming your way and see if you can get it looked at there. If in fact it is a valuable antique and you are interested in selling the dealers on the road show make you an on the spot offer. We had a hand carved cane from the civil war in our family that we took to the road show and they made us a valuable offer for it so I know for a fact that they buy antiques at the show.
Clocks could be created inside the winter, and within the spring, clock salesmen (Uhrschleppers) would take them all over Europe. In 1712, Friedrich Dilger went to France to study clock generating, and brought back to Germany a wealth of new tips. Soon right after, clocks became really elaborate, and had been generally decorated with moving figures for example roosters crowing and folks dancing. "Time is gold" as the saying goes and so are clocks like the Antique Seth Thomas you might see on this page. The value of time imprinted on the clocks produced.
Generating Cuckoo Clocks was a cottage business for quite a few years, but with the move to industrialization across much of the world inside the late 1800s, factories began production of the clocks. Nevertheless, the families who traditionally created Cuckoo Clocks were still going powerful. They were so skilled and devoted so much attention to their craft that individual family members members had developed their talents to specialize in particular parts of the Cuckoo Clock's production. Some would assemble the gears, even though other people may possibly paint the faces. Which is why clocks made inside the old-fashioned way currently are so stunning and elaborate. Creating Cuckoo Clocks is still an vital part of the Schwarzwald's industry today. While factories normally generate the gears along with other metal parts, the outside of the clocks are still hand-carved and decorated just as they had been over 200 years ago. Typical themes of Cuckoo Clocks include hunting, family members life along with the military, but there are several clocks produced these days with any kind of theme you could envision. Both clocks with standard and whimsical themes is often discovered on online and lots of fine examples of "Kuckucksuhren" as well as other handmade German folk art. "Time is gold" as the saying goes and so are clocks like the Antique Seth Thomas you will see on this page. The value of time imprinted on the clocks produced.