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LARGE ELABORATELY CARVED ANTIQUE WALNUT CUCKOO CLOCK

Description

LARGE ELABORATELY CARVED ANTIQUE WALNUT CUCKOO CLOCK, DEEP RELIEF CARVINGS OF BIRDS, DEER, FOREST, ETC, SOME PIECES MISSING, NO WEIGHTS, 53″ HIGH, 29 1/2″ WIDE

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$100 – $10,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Dennis Auction Service, Inc.[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$5,000[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Oct 06, 2006[/restrict]

Carved Walnut Black Forest Cuckoo Clock, c. 1870,

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Description

Carved Walnut Black Forest Cuckoo Clock, c. 1870, elaborately carved case with perched eagle at the top, the bone Roman numeral and turned wooded dial framed by carved oak leaves, acorns, and nesting bird with eggs at the bottom, eight-day time and strike spring powered movement with cuckoo automaton and bellow activated sound on the hour and half, ht. 38 in.

Condition

Condition: This impressive case, although intended for a weight powered movement with holes for chains and pendulum, the spring powered movement appears to be the original; pendulum is a replacement, bellows restored.

Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$2,000 – $2,500[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Skinner[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$1,600[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Jul 16, 2011[/restrict]

Antique German Black Forest Cuckoo – Quail Clock

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Description

Antique German Black Forest Cuckoo – Quail Clock
circa 1900, cast brass unmarked three-train movement. Cuckoo call counts the hours with gong strike and sounds on the half hour. Quail call sounds every quarter hour with gong strike. Both birds are wooden with articulated wings and beak. Dial with nailed on Roman numerals and original carved bone hands. The elaborately carved walnut case is surmounted by a matching carved stag’s head crest with original carved wooden antlers. Includes carved pendulum and 3 weights.
24 x 18.5 x 12 in.

Private Collection, Durham, NC

Condition

Overall very good condition; a few small chips to the case extremities; one antler repaired. See Terms and Conditions of Sale: Clocks and Watches.

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$400 – $600[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales Ltd.[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$275[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Dec 07, 2013[/restrict]