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SCHIFFER PUBLISHING LTD Black Forest Clocks

Name: Black Forest Clocks
Brand: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING LTD
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Over 600 Black Forest clocks are illustrated in this important horological study. The art of tracking time has been evidenced for over 300 years in the Black Forest area of Germany. Cuckoo and singing bird clocks, early glass bell, trumpeter, Jockele, animation, and picture frame clocks all have in the Black Forest area by skilled clockmakers who have transformed the function of time into a true form of art through their clocks. Author Rick Ortenburger's important study here traces the development of this fascinating Black Forest clock industry between about 1700 and 1930. He provides useful information that will meet the collectors' need and increase the appreciation of the beautiful craft these clocks represent. Photographs in color and black and white of 600 different examples make the industry's evolution from early cottage farm houses to the later development of factories come to life.

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Brand: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING LTD
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 088740300X
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > Germany
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 11 December 1998
Listed Since: 31 January 2007

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