My Galería de fotos de los relojes de la Selva Negra


1700's triple train glass bell clock with both quarter and hour strike on all wooden gear movement.	1700's triple train glass bell clock with both quarter and hour strike on all wooden gear movement.	Circa 1850 clock peddler. As you can see it is in stunning condition for being 168+ years old. The movement is also in perfect running condition and it keeps perfect time running 24 hrs on a single wind. This is “not” one of your typical clock peddlers that you see occasionally for sale that are made of cast metal. This one is an original clock peddler from the 1800's that is hand fabricated from thin sheets of tin.
The additional shielded clock that he is carrying on his back also has a porcelain dial face and has real hands rather than a faux clock face with painted hands.	This Black Forest clock peddler is found in Berthold Schaaf’s book on antique Black Forest clocks.	The movement is a spring driven heavy brass plate movement . As you can see in the photo it is a silk suspension movement.
The movement is a spring driven heavy brass plate movement that has an real porcelain dial face with all the minutes defined. "please note that the clock is only 2 1/2" tall so it is quite smaller than the very sought after sorg clocks.		Black Forest Clock Jacob Bäuerle Trumpeter with exposed figure 1800's
Black Forest Clock Jacob Bäuerle Trumpeter with exposed figure 1800's. What is very unique on this clock is that it has an exposed trumpeter figure that is also an automaton. On each and every hour he raises its trumpet to his mouth and he turns from side as the trumpet sounds off. This is the sames type of automation that can be found on an organ clock.	Here is the clock as shown in the above illustration from Heinrich Englemann's book on Black Forest Clocks. Note: this is the same exact clock that we purchased from Heinrich's collection	Black Forest Shield Clock, Blackbird flute clock and Black Forest Clock Jacob Bäuerle Trumpeter Clock with exposed figure 1800's
Black Forest Shield Clocks and Black Forest Clock Jacob Bäuerle Trumpeter Clock with exposed figure 1800's	Black Forest Shield Clock	Black Forest Glass Bell Clock
Black Forest Glass Bell Clock	Black Forest Glass Bell Clock	Black Forest Glass Bell Clock
Original wooden wheel clock around 1790 -1810. The movement is executed with anchor gear and seconds pendulum, the seconds are displayed on a sub-dial under the XII. In the arc of the dial is the date display with the division for 31 days, which is controlled by lever from the hour wheel. As a further complication, the clock is equipped with a Surrerschlagwerk with quarter-hour and hour strike on two bells.	Original wooden wheel clock around 1790/1810. The movement is executed with anchor gear and seconds pendulum, the seconds are displayed on a sub-dial under the XII. In the arc of the dial is the date display with the division for 31 days, which is controlled by lever from the hour wheel.	Black Forest Shield Clock. As a further complication, the clock is equipped with a Surrerschlagwerk with quarter-hour and hour strike on two bells.
Black Forest Shield Clock. The clock was inspected and appraised by none other than Berthold Schaaf.	Very rare 1800's Black Forest Hackbrettuhr Clock. This clock has a rare auto advance feature which plays 8 tunes on 63 strings which changes every hour. It is also has a very desirable 8 day movement.	"All seeing eye of God" automaton Black Forest Carillon (Glockenspiel clock) with thirteen bells and a five figure bell ringer clock. Both clocks have very early wood plate movements.
Black Forest Carillon clock (Glockenspiel clock)	Black forest Clock Hackbrettuhr front shield.	Black Forest Hackbrettuhr clock front shield painting which depicts a family out in the countryside.
Black Forest Hackbrettuhr clock, image shows the 63 strings which are paired in sets of three creating the 21 notes.	Front shield with the "All seeing eye of God".	Black Forest 13 bell Carillon clock that plays 12 tunes that change automatically on the hour. It also has an automaton feature which is "God's all seeing eye" at the top of the shield that looks back and forth. It works with the the escapement movement of the clock.
Black Forest 13 bell Carillon clock movement.	Black Forest 13 bell Carillon clock side view showing tune autochanger mechanism and tune indicator dial.	Extremely Rare Black Forest Jacks clock with five (5) figures. Clock stands 22 1/2" tall, movement with figures is 18" tall.
Black Forest 1800's Jacks Clock with five figures and bells.	Holzrader Uhr viertel Stundenschlag 2 glasglocken bayern umk
Holzrader clock with quarter hour and an hour strike on two glass bells	Holzrader clock with quarter hour and an hour strike on 2 glass bells	The two glass bells arrangement. One bell for the quarter strike the other for the hour.
Holzrader clock showing the wood gear construction	Glass weights for the Holzrader clock	All wooden gear Zappleruhr / Cow's tail pendulum shield clock. This is a very rare all wood gear clock that has survived in fantastic shape for over the last 250 years!!
All wooden gear Zappleruhr / Cow's tail pendulum shield clock.	1780-1790's Zappleruhr / Cow's tail, Black Forest wooden gear shield clock movement. With twin gong complication, striking on both the quarter and hours.	Black Forest 23 Pipe Organ Clock, Circa Late 1800's and a 15 Pipe Shield Flute Clock. Both clocks play six tunes.
Very rare one of a kind Black Forest GHS Singing Bird clock	Gordian Hettich and Sohn very rare Singing Bird clock Model 803.	GHS Singing Bird Clock Movement showing the bellows and bird flute call mechanism
Original Blackbird Shield Automa "Flötenuhr" clock from the early 1800's. These clocks are extremely rare. This example is completely original right down to the pendulm	Two early 1800's Black Forest shield clocks
Part of my antique Black Forest Clock Collection	Manufactures late 1700's early 1800's glass bell clock "Glasglockenspieluhr" with twelve glass bells that play four tunes	Manufactures late 1700's early 1800's glass bell clock "Glasglockenspieluhr" with twelve glass bells that play four tunes
Glass bell clock with twelve glass bells that play four tunes. This is a very early example of a "Glasglockenspieluhr" that was manufactured during the late 1700's to early 1800's. Note: the wooden hammers and the pinned drum that lift the hammers and strike the glass bells.	"Glasglockenspieluhr" glass bell clock with twelve glass bells that play four tunes. in the view you can see the wooden hammers that stike the glass bells.	Gordian Hettich Dumpling Eater "Knödelfresser". This is a particularly very nice example with a figure that is in pristine original condition.
Black Forest clock dumpling eater brass plate movement. Note the rope drive off the movement which drives the articulated figure	Gordian Hettich Dumpling Eater "Knödelfresser". This is a particularly very nice example with a figure that is in pristine original condition.	Antique bone clock hands with a display of both a Wehrle trumpeter and flute clock along with a very nice cuckoo clock with a large eagle attacking a ibex.
Collection of antique Black Forest clock bone hands	Very early Wehrle five horn Trumpeter Clock with a wood plate movement circa 1800	Very early Wehrle Trumpeter Clock side view circa 1800
	Early Wehrle Trumpeter Figure belonging to a early wood plate trumpeter clock	Nine horn trumpeter clock with two trumpeter figures, plays William Tell overture
Nine horn trumpeter clock with two trumpeter figures, plays William Tell overture	Twin Trumpeter figures on Black Forest Wehrle Trumpeter clock	1866 Wehrle Trumpeter clock in fantastic original condition.
Very early example of a Jacob Bäuerle trumpeter clock in oak wood	Jacob Bäuerle Black Forest Trumpeter clock	Jacob Barurle Trumpeter Clock movement with three bellows system
A very early example of a Wehrle Trumpeter Clock circa 1866	Early Wehrle Flute Clock, it has eight wooden flute pipes and plays two songs that are selectable via a selector knob on the front chapter ring.	Wehrle Trumpeter clock 1866
Early Wehrle Flute Clock, it has eight wooden flute pipes, front detail of hunting dog.	Wehrle Flute Clock with Ibix motif. This clock has eight wooden pipes and plays two tunes	Black Forest Musical Cuckoo Clock
Clock has 48 wooden flute pipes in three banks with automa. The clock plays seven selectable songs	Automa figures raise their horns and rotate when the music is playing	Black Forest Organ clock music drum and movement
Original Blackbird Shield Automa "Flötenuhr" clock from the early 1800's. These clocks are extremely rare. This example is completely original right down to the pendulm	Original Blackbird Automa which moves back and forth to the music, at the same time moving its beak up and down in rhythm to the notes	Original Blackbird wood-plate movement with automa. The movement has eighteen wooden pipes and plays six wonderful tunes
Original Blackbird Automa which belongs to the very rare Blackbird Shield Flute clock from the early 1800's	This Shield flute clock has 15 wooden pipe and plays 6 songs. The clock was manufactured circa 1820. A video of this clock paying can be found on our videos page of the website	The painting on the shield depicts a castle on the Rhine River
In this photo you are able to see the 15 wooden pipes that create the music for the six tunes that this very early shield flute clock plays at the strike of each hour	The clocks has two automated figures and it plays eight different tunes on 23 flute pipes.	The painting on the front shield depicts a Spanish galleon and one of its row boats on the coast of an island with its castle above the shoreline.
The clocks has two automated figures and it plays eight different tunes on 23 flute pipes.	The clocks has two automated figures and it plays eight different tunes on 23 flute pipes.	The clocks has two automated figures and it plays eight different tunes on 23 flute pipes.
Ketterer Cuckoo Clock 512 style case 1800's. Black Forest Self Cuckoo Clock with a Wood Plate fusee Movement by Aron Ketterer,	Ketterer Cuckoo Clock 1800's	Ketterer Cuckoo Clock 512 style case 1800's
Ketterer Cuckoo Clock 1800's Fusee wood plate Movement. All original movement with its original leather on the bellows tops.	Ketterer Cuckoo Clock in its original very rare transport / salesman clase from the 1800's !!	This is a very rare find, a Ketterer 1800's cuckoo clock with its original carry home / salesman and storage case.
Black Forest cuckoo clock with its origainl wall shelf	Black Forest Shelf Cuckoo Clock with its very rare original shelf	Beha 509 shelf Black Forest cuckoo clock and very rare Beha wall bracket. Totally original in unrestored condition with its original bone hands and patina. Note: the correct scale of the original bone hands that match the petite size clock case.
Beha 509 shelf Black Forest cuckoo clock and very rare Beha wall bracket. Totally original in unrestored condition with its original bone hands and patina. Note: the correct scale of the original bone hands that match the petite size clock case.	Early Beha 509 shelf cuckoo clock with doors open exposing the articulating cuckoo bird	Early Beha 509 Shelf Cuckoo Clock Front Doors, showing the detailed carving on the split doors. Split cuckoo doors are indicative of Beha clocks, as is the very detailed carving found on Beha clocks
Beha model 508 large case shelf clock that is carved out of oak with very fine detail as in most Beha clocks	Beha 508 fusee wood plate movement	This is a Beha shelf cuckoo clock that has a very large cuckoo bird that is about an inch in diameter
Large bird from a 508 Beha cuckoo clock with its wings open	Large bird from a 508 Beha cuckoo clock with wings closed	Black Forest Self Cuckoo Clock Wood Plate fusee Movement by Ketterer,
Black Forest Self Cuckoo Clock by Ketterer, Wood Plate fusee Movement

My&nbsp;Galería de fotos de los relojes de la Selva Negra

1700's triple train glass bell clock with both quarter and hour strike on all wooden gear movement.

1700's triple train glass bell clock with both quarter and hour strike on all wooden gear movement.

The additional shielded clock that he is carrying on his back also has a porcelain dial face and has real hands rather than a faux clock face with painted hands.

This Black Forest clock peddler is found in Berthold Schaaf’s book on antique Black Forest clocks.

The movement is a spring driven heavy brass plate movement . As you can see in the photo it is a silk suspension movement.

The movement is a spring driven heavy brass plate movement that has an real porcelain dial face with all the minutes defined. "please note that the clock is only 2 1/2" tall so it is quite smaller than the very sought after sorg clocks.

Black Forest Clock Jacob Bäuerle Trumpeter with exposed figure 1800's

Here is the clock as shown in the above illustration from Heinrich Englemann's book on Black Forest Clocks. Note: this is the same exact clock that we purchased from Heinrich's collection

Black Forest Shield Clock, Blackbird flute clock and Black Forest Clock Jacob Bäuerle Trumpeter Clock with exposed figure 1800's

Black Forest Shield Clocks and Black Forest Clock Jacob Bäuerle Trumpeter Clock with exposed figure 1800's

Black Forest Shield Clock

Black Forest Glass Bell Clock

Black Forest Glass Bell Clock

Black Forest Glass Bell Clock

Black Forest Glass Bell Clock

Original wooden wheel clock around 1790/1810. The movement is executed with anchor gear and seconds pendulum, the seconds are displayed on a sub-dial under the XII. In the arc of the dial is the date display with the division for 31 days, which is controlled by lever from the hour wheel.

Black Forest Shield Clock. As a further complication, the clock is equipped with a Surrerschlagwerk with quarter-hour and hour strike on two bells.

Black Forest Shield Clock. The clock was inspected and appraised by none other than Berthold Schaaf.

Very rare 1800's Black Forest Hackbrettuhr Clock. This clock has a rare auto advance feature which plays 8 tunes on 63 strings which changes every hour. It is also has a very desirable 8 day movement.

"All seeing eye of God" automaton Black Forest Carillon (Glockenspiel clock) with thirteen bells and a five figure bell ringer clock. Both clocks have very early wood plate movements.

Black Forest Carillon clock (Glockenspiel clock)

Black forest Clock Hackbrettuhr front shield.

Black Forest Hackbrettuhr clock front shield painting which depicts a family out in the countryside.

Black Forest Hackbrettuhr clock, image shows the 63 strings which are paired in sets of three creating the 21 notes.

Front shield with the "All seeing eye of God".

Black Forest 13 bell Carillon clock that plays 12 tunes that change automatically on the hour. It also has an automaton feature which is "God's all seeing eye" at the top of the shield that looks back and forth. It works with the the escapement movement of the clock.

Black Forest 13 bell Carillon clock movement.

Black Forest 13 bell Carillon clock side view showing tune autochanger mechanism and tune indicator dial.

Extremely Rare Black Forest Jacks clock with five (5) figures. Clock stands 22 1/2" tall, movement with figures is 18" tall.

Black Forest 1800's Jacks Clock with five figures and bells.

Holzrader Uhr viertel Stundenschlag 2 glasglocken bayern umk

Holzrader clock with quarter hour and an hour strike on two glass bells

Holzrader clock with quarter hour and an hour strike on 2 glass bells

The two glass bells arrangement. One bell for the quarter strike the other for the hour.

Holzrader clock showing the wood gear construction

Glass weights for the Holzrader clock

All wooden gear Zappleruhr / Cow's tail pendulum shield clock. This is a very rare all wood gear clock that has survived in fantastic shape for over the last 250 years!!

All wooden gear Zappleruhr / Cow's tail pendulum shield clock.

1780-1790's Zappleruhr / Cow's tail, Black Forest wooden gear shield clock movement. With twin gong complication, striking on both the quarter and hours.

Black Forest 23 Pipe Organ Clock, Circa Late 1800's and a 15 Pipe Shield Flute Clock. Both clocks play six tunes.

Very rare one of a kind Black Forest GHS Singing Bird clock

Gordian Hettich and Sohn very rare Singing Bird clock Model 803.

GHS Singing Bird Clock Movement showing the bellows and bird flute call mechanism

Original Blackbird Shield Automa "Flötenuhr" clock from the early 1800's. These clocks are extremely rare. This example is completely original right down to the pendulm

Two early 1800's Black Forest shield clocks

Part of my antique Black Forest Clock Collection

Manufactures late 1700's early 1800's glass bell clock "Glasglockenspieluhr" with twelve glass bells that play four tunes

Manufactures late 1700's early 1800's glass bell clock "Glasglockenspieluhr" with twelve glass bells that play four tunes

Glass bell clock with twelve glass bells that play four tunes. This is a very early example of a "Glasglockenspieluhr" that was manufactured during the late 1700's to early 1800's. Note: the wooden hammers and the pinned drum that lift the hammers and strike the glass bells.

"Glasglockenspieluhr" glass bell clock with twelve glass bells that play four tunes. in the view you can see the wooden hammers that stike the glass bells.

Gordian Hettich Dumpling Eater "Knödelfresser". This is a particularly very nice example with a figure that is in pristine original condition.

Black Forest clock dumpling eater brass plate movement. Note the rope drive off the movement which drives the articulated figure

Gordian Hettich Dumpling Eater "Knödelfresser". This is a particularly very nice example with a figure that is in pristine original condition.

Antique bone clock hands with a display of both a Wehrle trumpeter and flute clock along with a very nice cuckoo clock with a large eagle attacking a ibex.

Collection of antique Black Forest clock bone hands

Very early Wehrle five horn Trumpeter Clock with a wood plate movement circa 1800

Very early Wehrle Trumpeter Clock side view circa 1800

Early Wehrle Trumpeter Figure belonging to a early wood plate trumpeter clock

Nine horn trumpeter clock with two trumpeter figures, plays William Tell overture

Nine horn trumpeter clock with two trumpeter figures, plays William Tell overture

Twin Trumpeter figures on Black Forest Wehrle Trumpeter clock

1866 Wehrle Trumpeter clock in fantastic original condition.

Very early example of a Jacob Bäuerle trumpeter clock in oak wood

Jacob Bäuerle Black Forest Trumpeter clock

Jacob Barurle Trumpeter Clock movement with three bellows system

A very early example of a Wehrle Trumpeter Clock circa 1866

Early Wehrle Flute Clock, it has eight wooden flute pipes and plays two songs that are selectable via a selector knob on the front chapter ring.

Wehrle Trumpeter clock 1866

Early Wehrle Flute Clock, it has eight wooden flute pipes, front detail of hunting dog.

Wehrle Flute Clock with Ibix motif. This clock has eight wooden pipes and plays two tunes

Black Forest Musical Cuckoo Clock

Clock has 48 wooden flute pipes in three banks with automa. The clock plays seven selectable songs

Automa figures raise their horns and rotate when the music is playing

Black Forest Organ clock music drum and movement

Original Blackbird Shield Automa "Flötenuhr" clock from the early 1800's. These clocks are extremely rare. This example is completely original right down to the pendulm

Original Blackbird Automa which moves back and forth to the music, at the same time moving its beak up and down in rhythm to the notes

Original Blackbird wood-plate movement with automa. The movement has eighteen wooden pipes and plays six wonderful tunes

Original Blackbird Automa which belongs to the very rare Blackbird Shield Flute clock from the early 1800's

This Shield flute clock has 15 wooden pipe and plays 6 songs. The clock was manufactured circa 1820. A video of this clock paying can be found on our videos page of the website

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Gordian Hettich Dumpling Eater "Knödelfresser". This is a particularly very nice example with a figure that is in pristine original condition.

Gordian Hettich Dumpling Eater "Knödelfresser". This is a particularly very nice example with a figure that is in pristine original condition.