Rare Black Forest Shelf Trumpeter Clock By Gordian Hettich Sohn Furtwangen Automaton

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Uploaded by on Jan 11, 2012

This is a nice example of a two horn trumpeter clock made by Gordian Hettich Sohn a Furtwangen maker. He was the biggest manufacturer of these "blower style" trumpeter clocks.

The movement has a additional lever that intermittently causes one of the notes to flutter creating a more complex call.

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  • My favorite kind of Black Forest clocks are the trumpeter and organ clocks!

  • Very nice. Thanks.

  • Very nice Justin. Thanks. I also notice a strip of wood over the bellow tops to make the bellows go down again presumably. A good complete example.

    You may remember I had a large mantel 3-horn one. I don't think it was signed,  brass plate. A potential bidder asked if anything from the top of the case was missing, but I had no idea. I suspect there was a top cresting part missing but, judging from any tell-tale holes (camouflaged or otherwise), there was nothing to report.

    GAIUS

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