Allegorical French Empire Gilt Bronze Clock Depicting Earth’s Source of Water
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A gilt bronze French Empire clock depicting an allegory to the earth’s water source.
Bronze
Art Deco Clock with Lamp - Water Carrier Sculpture / Illuminated Nude with Vase
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
A spectacular Art Deco illuminated clock featuring a sculpture of the water carrier / Nude with Vase.
Alabaster, Marble, Spelter
Mystery Water Wheel Rolling Ball Gravity Driven Bronze Regulator Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Here we are offering a fantastic mystery Ferris wheel bearing ball driven crystal regulator clock. Unlike traditional wind up or weight driven clock, this unique clock receive its wo...
Brass
French 19th Century First Empire Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
On the other side is a lovely winged maiden in classic attire, turning the sharpening wheel, within a basin, on top of the clock and pouring water from a pitcher. Intricate and detai...
Ormolu
Antique French Mystery Gravity Driven Rolling Ball Waterwheel Industrial Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Rare Mint Original 1900 French Mystery Water Wheel Rolling Ball Industrial Clock This rare French Industrial Waterwheel Clock (circa 1900) is a masterpiece of horological engineering...
Onyx, Bronze
Ancient Egyptian Sandstone Relief
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
He presents a Sbt (clepsydra or water clock) to a goddess, of which only her lily-topped scepter is preserved to the right.
Sandstone
Verge Crown Wheel Key Winding 18K Yellow Gold Ornate Pocket Watch
Located in Washington Depot, CT
This caused a shift from measuring time by continuous processes, such as the flow of liquid in water clocks, to repetitive, oscillatory processes, such as the swing of pendulums, whi...
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th-century Scenic Clock Face
Located in San Francisco, CA
The other pair depicts family homes—the lower two set by water. The original clock’s maker, A. & J. Kleiser, operated in late 19th-century York, in north England, from about 1866 to ...
Metal
Swedish Gilded Wall Clock
By Henrik Beurling
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Water Gilded Wall Clock from Sweden Signed Beurling, Stockholm from 1780s.
Unavailable
H 85 in W 18.5 in D 8.75 in
18th Century Aquilla Barber 8 Day Arched Automata Longcase Clock
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A beautiful 8 day arched rocking swan automata Grandfather clock. As the clock ticks, the swans neck gracefully dips into the water.
Mahogany, Oak, Pine, Paint
Unavailable
H 81 in W 22.5 in D 11.5 in
18th Century 8 Day Brass Dial Moon Phase Clock by George White of Bristol
Located in Cheltenham, GB
An 8 day arched brass dial moon phase and high water tidal dial clock. Striking the hours on a single bell, by George White of Bristol, recorded working 1771 - 1797.
Brass
Unavailable
H 14.97 in W 18.12 in D 11.03 in
Large blue centerpiece jardiniere in faience of Bordeaux Jules Vieillard 19th
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
He invented many particularly charming models in both faience and porcelain, including table services, lamps, bowls, clocks, candlesticks, holy water fonts, vases, bottles, salt shak...
Faience
Gübelin Turtle Mystery Water Clock
By Gubelin
Located in New Orleans, LA
One of the rarest and most sought-after of the great mystery clocks, the Gübelin turtle mystery water clock is a true wonder of horology.
Swiss Made Gübelin Lucerne Mystery Floating Turtle Water Clock, Rare
By Gubelin
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Gubelin Lucerne Swiss IE JWLS 1. A. D. J, T The clock only works when the approximately one inch deep dish is partially filled with water to allow a little magnetic turtle to floa...
Marble, Silver
Samuel Marti Gilt Bronze Cartel Wall Clock
By Samuel Marti
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
Auguste Le Roy is listed Tardy Dictionnaire Des Horlogers having obtained a patent in 1867 for a water clock. The Le Roy name is well known in French Horology with many patents, inve...
Bronze
Sold
H 87 in W 23 in D 9 in
Swedish Ornately Painted Black and Gold Floor Clock with Water and Floral Decor
Located in Atlanta, GA
The water and floral theme is very present in this clock.
Wood
Exceptional and Rare Early 19th Century French Sunburst Clock
Located in Round Top, TX
A very exceptional and rare early 19th century French water gilded sunburst clock. Beautifully hand-carved giltwood sun rays surround an elegant porcelain enamel clock face.
Wood
End XIX Century Brass and Glass Hourglass Antique Time Measuring Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Ctesibius transformed the hourglass into the more complex water clock. Various mechanisms were introduced by him and others to increase the precision of the watch by regulating the p...
Glass
19th Century Bacchus and Satyr Mantel Clock
Located in Paris, FR
As lovers of wine and sensual pleasures, Satyrs often joined in Bacchus' procession. The body of the clock features water-leaf decoration and sits on a rectangular base with four tou...
Granite, Silver
Sold
H 18.89 in W 9.44 in D 7.08 in
Meissen Mantle Table Clock Allegory of Water Ernst August Leuteritz, circa 1880
By Ernst August Leuteritz
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen stunning table clock: Sculptured Figurines = Cherubs / Cupids on top piece (Allegory of Water) The details are excellently scupltured = finest modelling !
Porcelain
Sold
H 5.32 in W 7.68 in D 15.01 in
Antique French Silver Gilt, Glass & Enamel Inkstand Clock, Paris, France c. 1880
By E. Dreyfous
Located in London, GB
The inkstand is created to mirror a baroque or French formal garden, with the gilt & enamel clock in place of water feature. The Clock has a mirror below it and is embellised with me...
Silver
French Water Gilded Sunburst Clock, circa 1890
Located in Highwood, IL
The stunning original hand-carved water gilded frame is glamorous with it's original French clock movement.
Sold
H 23.5 in W 11.75 in D 9.13 in
Mystery Water Wheel Rolling Ball Gravity Driven Bronze Regulator Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Here we are offering a fantastic mystery Ferris wheel bearing ball driven crystal regulator clock. Unlike traditional wind up or weight driven clock, this unique clock receive its wo...
Bronze
Sold
H 4.33 in W 2.55 in D 1.77 in
French Art Nouveau Enamel Table Clock with Water-Lilies Silver Mountings ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Enamel painting on the front - waters with water-lilies against a sunny yellow background. Above it, sculptured water-lily plants made from silver with red enamel blossoms.
Sterling Silver
Sold
H 19.1 in W 11.26 in D 5.12 in
Empire Clock in representing a Horse and a Dog in Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
The clock rests on a rectangular ormolu base decorated with a lintel of stylized water leaves.
Bronze
water clock & cover
Located in Hudson, NY
wonderful one of a kind clock designed to calibrate water depth marked: W.& L.E.GURLEY, TROY, N.Y.
Brass, Iron, Tin
A Flanders Clock
Located in Bronx, NY
The scene is one of "life in the country" against a background of sailboats upon water. The sides of the clock are designed with matching panels.
Bronze
Sold
H 30.25 in W 43 in D 1.5 in
Five Framed 19th century Architects Drawings and Plans, Lunatic Asylum Interest
By Giles, Gough and Trollope Architects
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The diapering extended to the clock tower and water tower, the latter also featuring lancet windows.
Archival Paper
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