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Clock · Cuckoo & Black Forest clock
Johann Baptist Beha “Harrenhäusle” Cuckoo Clock
This architectural cuckoo clock, styled as a 'Harrenhäusle' or small manor house, is attributed to Black Forest clockmaker Johann Baptist Beha of Eisenbach, Germany, circa 1885. The hand-carved wooden case portrays a multi-story residence with a shingled gabled dormer roof, fretwork bargeboards, metal downspouts, mirrored windows, and a brick-patterned lower section with a stepped entrance. The circular white dial features black Roman numerals and twin winding apertures. According to the source, the interior houses a large wood-plate twin-fusee movement operating the time and striking trains alongside a gong, bellows, and whistles for an animated cuckoo automaton.
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Clock · Cuckoo & Black Forest clock
Johann Baptist Beha Model 519 B Shelf Cuckoo Clock
This shelf cuckoo clock, catalogued as model 519 B, is attributed to Johann Baptist Beha of Eisenbach, Germany, made for the English market circa 1880. The burl veneered oak case features floral marquetry inlay on the base and applied carved foliate moldings along the arched crest and sides. The circular two-piece painted metal dial presents Roman numerals, decorative steel hands, and two winding arbors. Schmitt Horan & Co. describes the movement as an eight-day fusee wood-plate time and strike mechanism, and notes retailer labels from Camerer, Kuss & Co. on the interior backboard and side door.
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Clock · Cuckoo & Black Forest clock
Attributed to Johann Baptist Beha Black Forest Fusee Shelf Cuckoo Clock
This Black Forest shelf cuckoo clock is attributed by Fontaine's Auction Gallery to Johann Baptist Beha and catalogued to the late nineteenth century. The clock is housed in a rosewood veneered case decorated with brass and colored inlay, surmounted by an open carved scroll cresting above an arched cornice and raised on a shaped plinth base with carved feet. The circular painted dial displays Roman hour numerals, two winding apertures, pierced hands, and a central painted pictorial scene. According to auction records, the movement is an unsigned eight-day fusee wood-plate movement with cuckoo mechanism. The case measures 22 1/2 by 15 by 8 inches.
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Clock · Cuckoo & Black Forest clock
Carved 'Cuckoo and Quail' Quarter Chiming Cuckoo Clock Attributable to Beha
This carved wooden quarter chiming cuckoo clock, catalogued as dating to circa 1875 and attributable to Johann Baptist Beha, features an ornate case carved with oak trees, foliage, and a hunter emerging with a hound. Positioned above the 5.75-inch dial are two carved doors intended to reveal a quail on the left and a cuckoo on the right, both mounted on wooden bases and painted in naturalistic tones. The movement features triple gut fusees with brass fusees and barrels within three wooden plates. A retailer's label for Camerer, Kuss & Co. is affixed, and the backplate bears stamped marks.
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Clock · Cuckoo & Black Forest clock
Johann Baptist Beha Model 589 Cuckoo Clock
This carved wooden cuckoo clock is catalogued by the seller as model 589 by Johann Baptist Beha, dating to circa 1895. The carved wooden case features vines, foliage, a perched bird at the apex, and two parent cuckoos flanking a nest of three eggs below the dial. The dial presents applied white Roman numerals and carved bone hands. The seller reports an eight-day twin fusee movement with wooden plates, coiled end click springs, and a tapered steel stop work piece, sounding on the hour and half hour with a cuckoo call followed by a strike on a coiled gong mounted to the backboard.
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antiques-atlas.com · as392a658 / B370