436.    $900

Black Forest edelweiss cuckoo, ca. 1860.  An ornately carved cuckoo, 24 inches tall by 15 inches wide with a brass 30-hour movement that is running and striking on the hours and half-hours.  The cuckoo bird is singing.  No losses to the carvings depicting a cabin with a goat and pine trees; there are also goats on top and many delicately carved edelweiss flowers.  The hands are bone and there is a carved pendulum.  A nice example.  $900-$1200.