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Jan 2020 - 94
Antique American Clocks
Black Forest double-fusee shelf cuckoo, ca. 1880?
An 18.5-inch highly polished mahogany
case with burled insets in front bearing painted leaf and fruit decorations.
The arched top is grain-painted.
glass is old, the dial porcelain, the fancy hands likely original.
Each side has a small door to view the brass fusee
movement mounted on a wooden frame.
At the top back are the whistle openings for the cuckoo; the bird is original and is calling
on the hours.
The movement will run for a minute or two before stopping, and the strike is missing the wire gong on the backboard.
Looks like it could use a serious cleaning.
The cuckoo is also very slow.
This style of shelf cuckoo is not common; I
one example
on LiveAuctioneers that sold at Fontaine's last year for $600.
$500-$1000.