Johann Baptist Beha, Eisenbach, unusual early shelf cuckoo for the English market, Brazilian rosewood veneered case with inlays of brass, pewter, and turtle shell, alabaster dial with Roman numerals on ceramic cartouches, each with its own ornamental gilt

Johann Baptist Beha, Eisenbach, unusual early shelf cuckoo for the English market, Brazilian rosewood veneered case with inlays of brass, pewter, and turtle shell, alabaster dial with Roman numerals on ceramic cartouches, each with its own ornamental gilt frame, dial with veneered and inlaid surround, blued steel hands, 8 days, fusee time and strike, movement with wooden plates, wooden pipes with marbled paper covering, inside of back with Beha label, and date 7/2/69, and also the label of Camerer Cuss, the clocks retailer case with some minor restoration, finish renewed, much of the green turtle shell at base missing, the recesses now filled with green paint, metal inlay in the base with scratches from sanding, door with split at lock, minor veneer loss at top right rear, dial dirty, hands with minor pitting, and now with black paint, movement ticks and strikes, cuckoo bellows replaced, pipes with weak sound, labels good, Ht 19"