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Early in the 17th Century quite a few years just before clocks had been 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 first 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 very cold temperatures inside the winter. Athanasius Kircher was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar (1650). In his handbook on music Athanasiius described a mechanical organ that had quite a few 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 is beak whilst at the identical 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 which are responsible for generating the call of the cuckoo. "Time is gold" as the saying goes and so are clocks like the Marble Mantel Clock you might 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 identified, and any clockmaker who could also ready would understand 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 identified for their clock creating. It could be a number of much more decades prior to Cuckoo Clocks began appearing inside the Black Forest.
we have a golay fils and stahl clock and the dateon the pendulum was 1598 and was wondering the price?
the clocks is in great condition and is made out of marble, it is a mantel clock about 18 in tall and 10 in wide
their homepage says they are in business since 1837 and Golay fils &Stahl only since 1896, so I doubt that 1598 is the date, it might be a serial number?
Just a short web search gets me the impression that it may be expensive but you have to contact an appraiser or the company for a valuation.
The link has a bunch of company info interspersed with the desciption of this particular clock. And you can google the company name to get their website.
The first Black Forest Cuckoo Clocks: It isn't recognized who built the first cuckoo clocks within the Black Forest, but is is known that this fascinating and appealing clock rapidly circumvented the realm. One of the earliest recognized Cuckoo Clock makers was Franz Anton Ketterer (1676-1749) whose heritage is in the Sch?nwald in Schwarzwald. By the mid eighteenth century quite a few 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 had been extremely fundamental having only square faces and painted with water colors. As the clocks evolved and grew far more refined in their designs, they had been also embellished with animated birds who flapped their wings and moved their beaks. There are lots 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 have to remember that the concept of placing a cuckoo bird in a clock total with sound and movement did not originate inside the Black Forest. However it truly is the individuals of the Black Forest who developed in industry, and improved on the technologies and designs which have made Black Forest Cuckoo Clocks highly desired timepieces all over the world. "Time is gold" as the saying goes and so are clocks like the Marble Mantel Clock you might see on this page. The value of time imprinted on the clocks developed.
Creating Cuckoo Clocks was a cottage industry for a lot of years, but with the move to industrialization across much of the world within the late 1800s, factories began production of the clocks. Having said that, the families who traditionally produced Cuckoo Clocks were still going strong. They were so skilled and devoted so considerably attention to their craft that individual family members members had developed their talents to specialize in specific parts of the Cuckoo Clock's production. Some would assemble the gears, whilst others might paint the faces. That's why clocks created within the old-fashioned way currently are so wonderful and elaborate. Producing Cuckoo Clocks is still an important component of the Schwarzwald's industry these days. While factories normally produce the gears as well as other metal parts, the outside of the clocks are still hand-carved and decorated just as they had been over 200 years ago. Prevalent themes of Cuckoo Clocks contain hunting, family members life and the military, but there are many clocks produced nowadays with any type of theme you can imagine. Both clocks with standard and whimsical themes can be discovered on on the internet and several 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 Marble Mantel Clock you may see on this page. The value of time imprinted on the clocks developed.