Georgian Mahogany Bracket Clock by Robert Wood, London
Located in Norwich, GB
He was a maker of repute making several fine musical and automation clocks from 1789 – 1811.
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Antique 1790s English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Automation Clocks
French Bronze & Ormolu Clock with Automation
Located in Norwich, GB
Charles X Bronze and Ormolu mounted mantel clock with stepped top surmounted by a gilded figure of Cupid holding silver Bees and with a rocking silver Bee automation.
Category
Antique 1830s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Georgian Mahogany Longcase Clock with Rocking Ship Automation, Jos. Kent, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Georgian Mahogany Longcase Clock with Rocking Ship Automation, Joseph Kent, London.
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Rosewood Portico Regulator Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
C.1840 Pierre-Simon Gounouilhou (1779-1847) was born in France and moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 1799 becoming a master clockmaker including repeating, musical and automation watch...
Category
Antique 1840s Swiss Mantel Clocks
Materials
Rosewood
Art Deco Green Vitascope Electric Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Art deco Vitascope clock with automation rocking ship on an illuminated ocean scene with cloud background.
Category
Vintage 1940s English Art Deco Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bakelite
Art Deco Red Vitascope Electric Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Art deco Vitascope clock with automation rocking ship on an illuminated ocean scene with cloud background.
Category
Vintage 1940s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Animated Kitten Cat Catching Fish Novelty Clock
Located in Danville, CA
The clock and the automation are driven by a skeleton movement below, so you can also see the motion of the mechanism.
Category
1990s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
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A Dutch Rococo burl walnut animated tall case clock
By J. M. Heyer
Located in Sharon, MA
An impressive burl walnut Dutch bombé base tall case clock with harbor automation, alarm and complications by J.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Clocks
French Musical Automation Picture Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredible work of art blends the beauty of a painting with the mechanical complexities of both a cylinder music box and an automaton. A clock is integrated within the arched gi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Other Wall Clocks
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
18th Century Dutch Tallcase Clock Animation Moon Phase Calendar Christoffel Abke
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H 112 in W 27 in D 13 in
18th Century Dutch Tallcase Clock Animation Moon Phase Calendar Christoffel Abke
Located in Stamford, CT
A Dutch Rococo gilt-metal-mounted burr walnut and marquetry tall case automation clock. Nearly identical clock is part of the New Bedford Whaling Museum collection.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Rococo Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Cl...
Mahogany Longcase Clock, Robert Fletcher, Chester with Rocking Ship Automation
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H 91.5 in W 20 in D 10 in
Mahogany Longcase Clock, Robert Fletcher, Chester with Rocking Ship Automation
By Robert Fletcher of Chester 1
Located in Norwich, GB
Mahogany Longcase Clock with Rocking Ship Automation. Robert Fletcher, Chester Fine flame mahogany case, the hood with swan neck pediment, carved patrae, turned and reeded pillars...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century George III Mahogany Quarter Striking Automation Bracket Clock by St
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H 21.66 in W 11.42 in D 7.68 in
18th Century George III Mahogany Quarter Striking Automation Bracket Clock by St
By Stephen Rimbault
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
By Stephen Rimbault The impressive mahogany case has a bell top and is surmounted by four pineapple finials on the corners and an additional finial to the centre. There are carrying...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century British George III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Art Deco Pink Vitascope Electric Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Art Deco Vitascope clock with automation rocking ship on an illuminated ocean scene with cloud background.
Category
Vintage 1940s English Art Deco Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bakelite
Art Deco Brown Vitascope Elecrtric Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Art Deco Vitascope clock with automation rocking ship on an illuminated ocean scene with cloud background.
Category
Vintage 1940s British Art Deco Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bakelite
Animated Kitten Cat Catching Fish Novelty Clock
Located in Danville, CA
The clock and the automation are driven by a skeleton movement below, so you can also see the motion of the mechanism.
Category
2010s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Animated Kitten Cat Catching Fish Novelty Clock
Located in Danville, CA
The clock and the automation are driven by a skeleton movement below, so you can also see the motion of the mechanism.
Category
1990s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
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Second Empire Gothic Cathedral Clock and Garniture
By Pierre-François Feuchère
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A mid 19 century French Gilt Bronze Gothic style mantel clock and garniture which the French call " A la Cathedrale". The three pieces are of finely chased and gilded bronze; the cl...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Gothic Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Highclere Castle Jewellery Box
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
Over the years, British design company Linley has developed expertise in creating scaled versions of famous architectural buildings including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the R...
Category
2010s British Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Maple
Monumental Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock by Maison Marquis
$48,260
H 36 in W 17 in D 12.25 in
Monumental Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock by Maison Marquis
By Languereau, Maison Marquis
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and quite monumental antique French Louis XVI style Napoleon III ormolu mantel clock by Maison Marquis, the Movement by Languereau, Paris, 1860: surmounted by an urn i...
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
$60,576
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Renaissance Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Oak
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Jacques-Francois Delyen A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day", 1752
$347,200
H 68 in W 55 in
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in Queens, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
English Gothic Fusee Clock
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English early to mid-19th century Gothic clock of important scale having carved and gilt pediment and polychrome decorated case with trefoil tracery decoration, the movemen...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Gothic Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Oak
Antique French Mantel Clock, Fire-Gilded Bronze, Diana Motif, c. 1810
$19,100
H 20 in W 15 in D 6.5 in
Antique French Mantel Clock, Fire-Gilded Bronze, Diana Motif, c. 1810
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold, antique French table clock, pendulum made of hand crafted fire-gilded bronze, in good condition. The circular enamel dial of the Parisian pendule is detailed with Roman numer...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
$175,000
H 108 in W 96 in D 24 in
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A palatial and superb early 20th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XVI style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke François Linke The arched top with scrolled corners and centered by ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Lucia Casalini TorelliOil on Canvas Painting Portrait of the Italian Noble Family of Zanardi Count, 1740 circa
$168,489
H 94.49 in W 85.44 in D 1.19 in
Oil on Canvas Painting Portrait of the Italian Noble Family of Zanardi Count
By Lucia Casalini Torelli
Located in Firenze, IT
This museum quality old master oil on canvas formal portrait painting depicting the family of the Count Zanardi is signed by the artist- the female painter Lucia Casalini Torelli- an...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Louis-Philippe Gilt Composition King Size Bed After Jacob-Desmalter, circa 1850
$87,499
H 50.01 in W 72.45 in D 94.89 in
Louis-Philippe Gilt Composition King Size Bed After Jacob-Desmalter, circa 1850
By François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Majestic Louis-Philippe Giltwood and Gilt Composition King Size Bed, after a model by Francois-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter, the outwardly curved headboard flanked by two open-wi...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Giltwood
Fine and Elegant 18th Century Mahogany Longcase Clock
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine example of an eight day longcase clock with wonderful full brass dial, moon roller and date hand. The superb mahogany case has a cross banded door veneered in flame mahogany w...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Empire Style Ormolu Bronze Mantel Clock with Goddess 'Ceres'
$3,950
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in D 5.12 in
Antique French Empire Style Ormolu Bronze Mantel Clock with Goddess 'Ceres'
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Madrid, ES
Following a model by early 19th century Paris sculptor and bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire, and showcasing many of the neoclassical design elements common to the Empire Style popula...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique George III Mahogany Inlaid Eight Day Grandfather Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III mahogany inlaid eight day grandfather clock with a swan neck pediment original brass finial, beautiful decorative and colourful arched painted dial with date and s...
Category
Antique 19th Century English George III Grandfather Clocks and Longcase ...
Materials
Other
Chinoiserie Decorated Mantel Clock by Astral, Coventry
By Astral
Located in Norwich, GB
EDWARDIAN MANTEL CLOCK Edwardian mantel clock housed in a chinoiserie decorated case with typical Chinese scenes on a red ground, standing on a raised plinth and resting on brass bu...
Category
Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Mantel Clocks
Materials
Fruitwood
Palatial French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood & Ormolu Mounted Vitrine
$48,950Sale Price|42% Off
H 109 in W 81 in D 29 in
Palatial French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood & Ormolu Mounted Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Palatial French 19th Century Transition Louis XIV-XV Style Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Two-Door Vitrine Cabinet, the arched top surmounted with gilt-bronze moldings a...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
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Automation Clocks For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of automation clocks available for sale. The range of distinct automation clocks — often made from metal, wood and bronze — can elevate any home. Automation clocks have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of automation clocks to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Art Deco, Georgian and Victorian automation clocks are of considerable interest. Le Roy and LeRoy each produced beautiful automation clocks that are worth considering.
How Much are Automation Clocks?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $8,767, while they’re typically $2,661 on the low end and $88,500 highest priced.
Finding the Right Clocks for You
A sophisticated clock design, whether it’s a desk clock, mantel clock or large wall clock for your living room, is a decorative object to be admired in your home as much as it is a necessary functional element. This is part of the reason clocks make such superb collectibles. Given the versatility of these treasured fixtures — they’ve long been made in a range of shapes, sizes and styles — a clock can prove integral to your own particular interior decor.
Antique and vintage clocks can whisk us back to the 18th and 19th centuries. When most people think of antique clocks, they imagine an Art Deco Bakelite tabletop clock or wall clock, named for the revolutionary synthetic plastic, Bakelite, of which they’re made, or a stately antique grandfather clock. But the art of clock-making goes way back, transcending continents and encompassing an entire range of design styles and technologies. In short, there are many kinds of clocks depending on your needs.
A variety of wall clocks can be found on 1stDibs. A large antique hand-carved walnut wall clock is best suited to a big room and a flat background given what will likely be outwardly sculptural features, while Georgian grandfather clocks, or longcase clocks, will help welcome rainswept guests into your entryway or foyer. An interactive cuckoo clock, large or small, is guaranteed to bring outsize personality to your living room or dining room. For conversation pieces of a similar breed, mid-century modern enthusiasts go for the curious Ball clock, the first of more than 150 clock models conceived in the studio of legendary architect and designer George Nelson.
Minimalist contemporary clocks and books pair nicely on a shelf, but an eye-catching vintage mantel clock can add balance to your home library while drawing attention to your art and design books and other decorative objects. Ormolu clocks dating from the Louis XVI period, designed in the neoclassical style, are often profusely ornate, featuring architectural flourishes and rich naturalistic details. Rococo-style mantel clocks of Meissen porcelain or porcelain originating from manufacturers in cities such as Limoges, France, during the 18th and 19th centuries, exude an air of imperial elegance on your shelves or side tables and can help give your desk a 19th-century upgrade.
On 1stDibs, find a range of extraordinary antique and vintage clocks today.
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