Cuckoo Clock of The Year 2012 Farm of The Goatherd from August Schwer

Description

Colour: Walnut Cuckoo Clock with 8-day movement / running time (mechanical), with music and dancers. Each year, the Association of the Black Forest Clock organizes a competition for the most beautiful clock of the year. This year, in 2009, the competition was held at the Technik Museum Speyer. All cuckoo clock manufacturers of the Black Forest enter a clock into the competition. The visitors vote for the clock of the year. This is the winner 2009! This very large clock presents every detail, which stands for the uniqueness of a Black Forest Farm house. The focus with this clock is on specific traditional occupations on a Black Forest farm. The large figurine on the clock shows a farmer, leaning on his scythe, taking a break from the hay harvest. Right next to him, the almost full hay cart shows he's almost done with his day's work. A bit further on, in front of the small chapel, stands a shingle rack. This is a kind of work bench to produce roof shingles. (Unfortunately, this feature is hard to see on the fotos). During the hard winter months, when there was no work in the field, the farmers often cut shingles to earn some money. A very prominent feature of this clock is the construction of the clock itself. Unlike other clock models, this clock has individual outhouses, realised as complete buildings themselves. Usually, these annexes are only hinted at by attaching a little shed to the side of a clock. In this case, the chapel to the right and the storage shed to the left are complete little buildings. Thus an entire Black Forest farm ensemble, with a main farmhouse, annexes, and surroundings, is shown in one impressive clock. Many Black Forest farm houses had their own chapel, because the way to the next village church was too far or often impassable during the winter snows. The name of the clock comes from the little boy figurine to the left of the clock, in front of the little shed. He is carrying a little goat... The clock house itself represents the ...