Theodor Ketterer (1815 - 1884) was a renowned
Black forest clockmaker who worked in
Furtwangen
Furtwangen im Schwarzwald (; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Furtwange im Schwarzwald'') is a small city located in the Black Forest region of southwestern Germany. Together with Villingen-Schwenningen, Furtwangen is part of the district (Ge ...
, (Germany).
Although his
cuckoo clocks
A cuckoo clock is, typically, a pendulum clock that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note. Some move their wings and open and close their beaks while leaning forwards ...
were not as popular and known as the ones made by the Beha company, they were of the highest quality and made in low numbers.
Both the cases and movements were similar to the Behas; however, there are some differences.
Bibliography
* Kochmann, Karl (2005): Black Forest Clockmaker and the Cuckoo Clock.
See also
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Cuckooland Museum
The Cuckooland Museum, previously known as the ''Cuckoo Clock Museum'', is a museum that exhibits mainly cuckoo clocks, located in Tabley, Cheshire, England. The collection comprises 300 years of cuckoo clock-making history, since the very earli ...
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Johann Baptist Beha
Johann Baptist Beha (1815 - 1898) was a prestigious Black Forest clockmaker born in Oberbränd (Eisenbach). He was trained by his father, the master clockmaker Vinzenz Beha (1764-1868), in his workshop where he built around 365 clocks between 18 ...
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Emilian Wehrle
Emilian Wehrle (1832 – 1896, born in Schönenbach (Furtwangen), was a reputed Black Forest clockmaker famous for his high-quality musical clocks. These musical clocks included the trumpeter clock, flute clock, singing bird clock, and rooster cl ...
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19th-century German people
German artisans
German clockmakers
People from Furtwangen im Schwarzwald
1815 births
1884 deaths