Clockwork items were used for home entertainment
and store displays before electric power was available. They will
usually run for hours after being wound. They have a couple of
simple movements, such as: nodding head and moving eyes or mouth.
Teddy Bears riding a clockwork Teeter Totter
on a log. 13 1/2" h. x 24" l.
Old German clockwork clown playing with an
El Diablo. His head nods and his mouth moves.
Clockwork boy was used as store window
display for cigars, chocolate or coffee. His seated height is
19" tall.
This is probably a German piece used
in a Bakery display. He's almost 26" to the top of his hat.
A clockwork doll with a paper mache
head. She's holding an "Alphabet" china head doll in
her lap.
We purchased this elf from a couple
who brought him over from Holland. He's 23.5" tall and his
head nods and eyes move.
This clockwork Father Christmas has glass eyes
and a kindly face. He holds an antique feather tree in one hand,
and switches in the other, as an admonition to the children that
they better watch out! 29" tall
This Life-Size Clockwork
Lamb is from Versaille, France circa 1880's. His head nods and
his chin moves.
German rabbit clockwork window display,
original clothes.The rabbit is 23" tall.
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