Three Black Forest Clocks

1) Black forest trumpeter clock, c. 1890, probably by Emilian Wehrle & Cie. in Furtwangen. Station-chalet style wall clock, Roman bone dial (minor damage), celluloid hands, weight-driven brass-plate movement, anchor escapement, hour strike on spiral gong, pinned wood barrel for one melody on four wood trumpets, carved and polychrome-painted figure, walnut case with carved decoration, 18 ½ x 9 7/8 x 33 in. Weights incomplete, musical and clock movements not tested. - 2) Quail-and-cuckoo clock, c. 1900, carved wood case with lithograph on the front, weight-driven brass movement, anchor escapement, short pendulum, quail call on the quarter, cuckoo call on the hour. Height 18 ½ in. Clock movement working (not guaranteed), bird calls defective. - And: 3) Musical wall clock, two-train pendulum movement, clock movement working (not guaranteed), defective trip to musical movement.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)