Cuckoo clocks
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Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Measuring Devices (Hierarchy Name) > measuring devices (instruments) > <measuring devices for extent> > timepieces > <timepieces by form> > clocks > <clocks by form> > wall clocks
Descripción
Wall clocks elaborately carved and decorated, usually with floral motifs, that announce the hours by a sound like the call of the cuckoo; often with exposed weights and pendulum. Introduced in the mid-18th century in the Black Forest region, the earliest examples had wooden movements.
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Otros términos
- 布穀鳥自鳴鐘 [zh]
- koekoeksklokken [nl]
- reloj de cucú [es]
- bù gǔ niǎo zì míng zhōng [zh]
- bu gu niao zi ming zhong [zh]
- pu ku niao tzu ming chung [zh]
- cuckoo clock [en]
- clocks, cuckoo [en]
- cuckoo-clocks [en]
- koekoeksklok [nl]
- cucú [es]
- cuco [es]
- reloj cu-cú [es]
- reloj de cuco [es]