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Vintage Animated Kitten Cat Catching Fish Novelty Clock
Located in Danville, CA
ANIMATED KITTEN CAT CATCHING FISH NOVELTY CLOCK Here we are offering a very unusual animated
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1990s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

32" Large French Style 8 Day Brass Animated Spinning Windmill Industrial Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Large French Style 8 Day Brass Automaton Windmill Industrial Clock Here we have a wonderful example of the industrial series popular in French horology. While the clock is striking...
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Late 20th Century Industrial Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Granite, Brass

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Animated Rabbit Clock, circa 1860, Signed
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very rare unusual and collectable rabbit animated novelty clock, circa 1860, probably Vienna. The
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Antique 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Iron

Animated Rabbit Clock, circa 1860, Signed
Animated Rabbit Clock, circa 1860, Signed
H 9.65 in W 3.15 in D 3.94 in
Small Animated Lion Desk Clock, circa 1880
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A nice and small, animated lion clock with wiggling tail and the tongue. These nice clocks were
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Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Mantel Clocks

Materials

Metal

Small Animated Lion Desk Clock, circa 1880
Small Animated Lion Desk Clock, circa 1880
H 7.49 in W 7.88 in D 3.55 in
French Animated Industrial Desk Clock, Barometer with Rotating Globe, circa 1880
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Maritime French animated industry desk clock: with a rotating globe, barometer and compass. The
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Antique Late 19th Century French Industrial Nautical Objects

Materials

Marble, Brass, Bronze

French Industrial Animated Windmill Clock
Located in Stamford, CT
A conical form French Industrial clock mounted with four windmill blades. The clockwise rotating blades run on an independent movement winding in the rear. The body of the case, whic...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Marble, Brass

Animated Kitten Cat Catching Fish Novelty Clock
Located in Danville, CA
ANIMATED KITTEN CAT CATCHING FISH NOVELTY CLOCK Here we are offering a very unusual animated
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2010s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Vintage Animated Kitten Cat Catching Fish Novelty Clock
Located in Danville, CA
ANIMATED KITTEN CAT CATCHING FISH NOVELTY CLOCK Here we are offering a very unusual animated
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1990s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Lighthouse Animated Industrial Clock by Guilmet
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Hudson, NY
This lighthouse clock crafted by Andre Romain Guilmet in Paris, circa 1880 is made of bronze, copper and was silvered in areas. The clock works with an eight-day movement housed in t...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Copper

24K Animated Owl Blinking Eye & Flapping Wing Brass Skeleton Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Animated Gilt Brass Owl Grasshopper Escapement 8 Day Fusee Skeleton Mantle Clock Here we are
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2010s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

24K Animated Owl Blinking Eyes & Flapping Wings Brass Skeleton Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Animated Gilt Brass Owl Grasshopper Escapement 8 Day Fusee Skeleton Mantle Clock Here we are
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Late 20th Century Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Desk By Karl Springer
Located in Chicago, IL
and Bauhaus. The lively pattern printed on this desk animates its simple lines and clean form.
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20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel

Desk By Karl  Springer
Desk By Karl  Springer
H 30 in W 52 in D 28 in

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24K English Style Grasshopper Fusee Double Pendulum Moon Dial Skeleton Sea Clock
Located in Danville, CA
24K English Style Grasshopper Fusee Double Pendulum Moon Dial Skeleton Sea Clock Here we are offering a fantastic grasshopper sea clock. It has an unique fusee movement. The clock i...
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Late 20th Century Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

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