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Amsterdam Burl long case clock . Wuba Warmink 1960s
By J. P. Kroese 1
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful Amsterdam long case clock Wuba/Warmink - Period 1960.
This clock has a well-functioning 8-day movement westminster percussion
with quarter-hourly striking mechanism on gong...
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1960s Dutch Neoclassical Revival Vintage Burl Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
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Burl
George Nelson Midcentury Burlwood and Rosewood Grandfather Clock
Located in Countryside, IL
George Nelson Mid Century Burlwood and Rosewood Grandfather Clock
This clock measures: 16.5 wide x 9 deep x 72.5 inches high
We take ou...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Burl Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
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Rosewood, Burl
Late 18th Century Liege Burled Walnut Tall Case Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stately late 18th century Belgian, Liege, tall case clock case having a period Black Forest clock workings with wooden enameled dial and hand-painted fruit decoration, the original...
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Late 18th Century Belgian Black Forest Antique Burl Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
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George Nelson Midcentury Burlwood and Rosewood Grandfather Clock
Located in Countryside, IL
George Nelson midcentury Burlwood and Rosewood Grandfather Clock
This clock measures: 16.5 wide x 9 deep x 72.5 inches high
We take our...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Burl Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
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Rosewood, Burl
20th Century French Louis XV Carved Burl Wood Grandfather Clock from Lyon Region
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted near Lyon, France, circa 1980 and built of burl wood, the vintage tall "Horloge Bressane" (Bressan is a region neat the city of Lyon), stands on curved feet over a scalloped ...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XV Burl Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
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Howard Miller Burl Wood Case Grandfather Clock
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern burl wood case grandfather clock by Howard Miller. Stunning design burl wood grain and condition.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Burl Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
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The 10.5ft 18th Century George I Bur/Burl Walnut Month Longcase Clock by
By James Markwick
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
This is, without doubt, the largest and most impressive English longcase/grandfather clock we have ever encountered, standing at three meters twenty (10.5ft/321cm) and it is quite possibly the largest from the entire 18th century. The golden age.
As you might expect, no expense was spared when this clock was commissioned circa 1710-1720, using only the very finest cuts of burr/burl walnut to adorn the case and cross-grain mouldings throughout, leading up to the sensational month going, quarter chiming movement by James Markwick, London.
Once wound, the clock will run for one month, chiming the quarters on six bells...
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18th Century English George I Antique Burl Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
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Brass, Steel
Magnificent 18th Century Striking Dutch Amsterdam Burl Walnut Longcase Clock
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
An impressive Dutch longcase clock with a burr walnut veneered oak case, signed on the chapter ring Pieter Brandt Amsterdam, c. 1745-50. The hood ...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Burl Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
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Interestingly, while nearly all of the designs that came out of George’s studio were attributed to him, many were actually designed by him and his team. Some were even designed solely by someone else working at the studio.
Nelson famously recounted the story of how the Ball Clock came to life in an interview decades after it’s release:
“It was one of the really funny evenings. Noguchi came by, Bucky Fuller came by, and here was Irving, and here was I, and Noguchi - who can’t keep his hands off anything - he saw we were working on clocks and started making doodles. Then Bucky sort of brushed Isamu aside. He said, ‘This is a good way to do a clock’ and made some utterly absurd thing. Everybody was taking a crack at this, pushing each other aside and making scribbles. At some point we left – we were suddenly all tired, and we’d had a little bit too much to drink – and the next morning I came back, and here was this roll of paper, and Irving and I looked at it, and somewhere in this roll, there was a ball clock. I don’t know to this day who cooked it up.”
Nevertheless, whoever it was that came up with George Nelson’s designs, it’s almost certain that they would never have come to fruition if it wasn’t for George’s vision and forward-thinking approach.
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