19th Century Twin Fusee Cuckoo Table Clock by Beha

Name: 19th Century Twin Fusee Cuckoo Table Clock by Beha
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA881319
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Chalfont Clocks

Description

This Black Forest cuckoo clock has a twin fusee movement complete with typical wooden plates and original bellows and pendulum. the case is made in the highest tradition of black forest wood carving with intricately hand carved roof shingles and scrolling grapevines around the dial, the grey spotted cuckoo, with articulated wings, retains its’ original paint work.

The back board bears the typical red pencil mark of the Beha factory with the model number 509 dating it to the 1890’s.

Johann Baptist Beha (1815 - 1898) was a prestigious Black Forest clockmaker born in Oberbränd (Eisenbach). He was trained by his father, the master clockmaker Vinzenz Beha (1764-1868), in his workshop where he built around 365 clocks between 1839 and 1845. At that time V. Beha was already known for the quality of his clocks, he made the so-called Shield cuckoo clocks.

In 1845 Johann B. Beha founded his own clock workshop in Eisenbach, beginning the manufacturing of his celebrated clocks. The clocks made by the Beha company are sought-after collector pieces and are part of both private collections and the most reputed museums in the world such as the British Museum, the Cuckooland Museum or the Deutsches Uhrenmuseum in Germany.

This Clock is shown unserviced, it will be fully overhauled and comes with our 2 Year Guarantee

Physical Dimensions

Height

35cm (13.78")

Width

26cm (10.24")

Depth

18cm (7.09")

Declaration

Chalfont Clocks has dated this piece to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA881319

Dealers Internal Reference

085 (Beha Twin Fusee Cuckoo)

Dealers Notes

All of our clocks come with a 2 year guarantee, all of our clocks are overhauled and sympathetically restored, all of our clocks are authentic and supplied in good original condition.

Description

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The back board bears the typical red pencil mark of the Beha factory with the model number 509 dating it to the 1890’s.

Chalfont Clocks

fig 1. 19th Century Twin Fusee Cuckoo Table Clock by Beha

Johann Baptist Beha (1815 - 1898) was a prestigious Black Forest clockmaker born in Oberbränd (Eisenbach). He was trained by his father, the master clockmaker Vinzenz Beha (1764-1868), in his workshop where he built around 365 clocks between 1839 and 1845. At that time V. Beha was already known for the quality of his clocks, he made the so-called Shield cuckoo clocks.

fig 2. 19th Century Twin Fusee Cuckoo Table Clock by Beha

In 1845 Johann B. Beha founded his own clock workshop in Eisenbach, beginning the manufacturing of his celebrated clocks. The clocks made by the Beha company are sought-after collector pieces and are part of both private collections and the most reputed museums in the world such as the British Museum, the Cuckooland Museum or the Deutsches Uhrenmuseum in Germany.

This Clock is shown unserviced, it will be fully overhauled and comes with our 2 Year Guarantee