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But the house, the shaped weights and the cuckoo remained. By Victorian times, the building had more decorations. Often, carved birds, leaves, even deer heads and other animals were added. Your style clock probably was made anytime from about 1850 to ...
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June 21, 2015
Waukesha clock restorer crazy about cuckoos
He repairs other types of clocks but his love is for the cuckoo, some of which incorporate actual cuckoo bird calls. In some When Galinsky is not repairing, he's making — hand-carving leaves, acorns, twigs and animals for his cuckoo clocks. At ...
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December 27, 2014
Superman collectibles
But the house, the shaped weights and the cuckoo remained. By Victorian times, the building had more decorations. Often, carved birds, leaves, even deer heads and other animals were added. Your style clock probably was made anytime from about 1850 to ...
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June 13, 2015
Bavaria boasts a winter wonderland
I inherited a Bavarian cuckoo clock this year. At first I dismissed it as kitsch, something to stash in the basement next to a few deflated piñatas and some Moroccan slippers. But then the clock struck the hour, the cuckoo dove out from a carved whorl ...
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December 20, 2014
Inside an Imperial Fabergé egg
The Cockerel or Cuckoo Clock Egg is Fabergé's interpretation of an early 19th century singing bird clock, and contains a moving, singing, feathered gold cockerel, which pops out of the golden grill at the top of the egg at the push of a button. It is ...
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 14, 2015
All about my mother: 'It's amazing what the living expect of the dying'
As a very young child I'd taken the requisite delight in my grandparents; they had candy dishes and cuckoo clocks, plus they lived far away and I saw them only once a year at the most. But as I grew older and my grandfather died and my mother lost what ...
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November 18, 2014
The Past, Present, and Future of the Cuckoo Clock
And though he may have been a genius, Welles was wrong about the history of the Cuckoo clock. “When the film came out,” he told Peter Bogdanovich, “the Swiss very nicely pointed out to me that they've never made any cuckoo clocks!” Indeed, although ...
www.smithsonianmag.com
May 17, 2013
Parsnippet: Food as currency
New special items include freshly shelled baby peas, sour cherries, and carved fruit from newcomer ... they also offer pots of 4 o’ clocks and wild roses. Their student-made cards are also on sale. And speaking of currency, my thoughts turn to Greece.
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July 15, 2015
Superman collectibles
But the house, the shaped weights and the cuckoo remained. By Victorian times, the building had more decorations. Often, carved birds, leaves, even deer heads and other animals were added. Your style clock probably was made anytime from about 1850 to 1950.
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June 13, 2015
Critter of the week: Yellow-billed cuckoo
Claim to fame: Thanks to cuckoo clocks and the term “cuckoo” which is sometimes used to describe strange or eccentric actions; most of us know there is a bird by this name ... roots, dried leaves and pine needles. The female lays one to five eggs.
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May 1, 2015
Waukesha clock restorer crazy about cuckoos
Owner of the Duplainville Clock Co. located at his Waukesha home, Galinsky is among a very small cohort of cuckoo clock repairers ... When Galinsky is not repairing, he's making — hand-carving leaves, acorns, twigs and animals for his cuckoo clocks.
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December 26, 2014
Portland Cuckoo Clock Stays Local Through March 2015
freestanding cuckoo clock in the country. Fittingly for all the urban farmers in Portland, a carved chicken will pop out each hour in place of a cuckoo bird. The clock was created by mechanical designer Nicolas Gros and wood sculptor J. Cester Armstrong ...
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December 19, 2014
Giant cuckoo clock makes its way to Portland
A giant cuckoo clock has been delivered to its new ... Ever hour will be marked by a visit from a hand-carved chicken, who is taking over the traditional role of the cuckoo bird. The clock was created to kick off Travel Portland's "Portland Is Happening ...
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December 18, 2014
NEW: Nation’s Tallest Cuckoo Clock to Visit Portland Airport
Chester Armstrong, a chainsaw wood sculptor. Icon Portland characters surround the clock, ranging from a bicyclist to a beer enthusiast. Instead of the traditional cuckoo bird, a hand-carved chicken will mark the hours. The clock will be displayed in ...
www.golocalpdx.com
December 16, 2014
