22: A MASSIVE BLACK FOREST DOUBLE CUCKOO CLOCK CIRCA 1890

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The elaborate late 19th century wall hanging clock is surmounted by a deftly carved and detailed posturing wood grouse atop a peak of rustic openwork carvings, oak leaves and acorns over the double cuckoo doors and brown/black chapter ring with applied bone Roman numerals and carved bone hands, the dial is flanked by the trunks of oak trees and standing conifers either side of a full-bodied bull elk and cow on a fecund ledge of vegetation, toadstools, lichens and downward hanging fronds carved in detail fronting the three cast iron pinecone form weights retaining their original finish.
Measures 48 x 29 x 14 inches. Measurements do not include the chains and the weights.
Good to very good condition, noting that the grouse's beak has been professionally restored, there are visible chips to high points and edges as shown in the images, including the tip of the bull's antler, one leaf is loose but present, acorns on the crown show glue when observed from above on a ladder, the seller had the works brought up to par and the clock runs, chimes and the cuckoo operates, the pendulum is a total replacement. The clock runs while hanging in our gallery but as with all clock auctions, this cannot be guaranteed once removed from the premises.
$4,000 - $6,000