The history of antique cuckoo clocks

Types of Cuckoo Clocks

Cuckoo clocks are known everywhere as well as everyone know that all details have been carefully added by hand. It's a hard woodworking job. Each cuckoo clock is different than others. In fact, these masterpieces have small details which make the difference. Usual scenes can be included in the clock such as families, hunting, and wildlife. Since 19th century, cuckoo clocks began adding movements to their birds and wood carving pieces. Everyone know that behavior on this type of clocks. The pieces behind closed doors appears every hour or half hour depending on the model. In the beginning they were just birds, nowadays you could obtain dancing couples and different songs and chimes.

There are many people that work on these historical clocks. They still use traditional techniques in order to obtain the same result than hundred years ago. These artists are expert on carving, shaping and painting as well as on sanding and staining. Since their creation in 1730, antique cuckoo clocks have been designed with many different styles and rich carvings, however the technique hasn't changed at all. You can find beautiful recreations of cuckoo clocks in art museums around the wall.