Automaton Clock And Music Box House
By Geneva Clock Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
This artful and unique automaton clock and music box house proudly bears the signature of Geneva, a hallmark of unparalleled horological excellence.
Wood
Early 19th Century French Musical Automaton Clock Depicting Napoleon I
Located in London, GB
A Musical Automaton Clock Depicting Napoleon at Fontainebleau Based on the original work of Horace Vernet "Goodbyes at Fontainebleau," the painted canvas fitted with a circular enam...
Brass
Large Gilt-Brass Automaton Clock with Barometer, Paris, Circa 1880
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare and Large Gilt and Silvered Brass Automaton Clock With Aneroid Barometer, Modelled as a Steam-Driven Water Pump.
Brass, Enamel
19th Century French musical automaton clock
Located in London, GB
The clock face is set onto a curled, stylized pediment atop the clock case.
Enamel, Ormolu
French Style Brass Automaton Spinning Wheel Automobile Industrial Mantle Clock
Located in Danville, CA
This magnificent French industrial-style automaton clock stands as a testament to the golden age of horological invention, where mechanical ingenuity met artistic design.
Granite, Brass
Automaton Beam Engine Clock by Andre Guilmet
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Amersham, GB
(Derek Roberts). This is an automaton clock of the highest calibre. This clock comes with our two year guarantee.
Marble, Brass, Bronze
$120,000Sale Price|20% Off
Massive Chinese Ormolu High Relief Gilt Bronze Automaton Musical Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Massive Chinese Ormolu High Relief Bronze Elephant Automaton Music Bracket Clock A truly magnificent Chinese Guangzhou studio automaton clock , large triple deck body supported on...
Bronze
18th Century English Automaton Picture Clock
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An unusual 18th Century English framed picture clock with automaton see-saw, windmill and clock tower.
Wood
French Gilt Bronze Mounted Marine Themed Automaton Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
The top functioned as an automaton, while the clock contains a musical movement.
Ormolu, Bronze
Industrial series antique French automaton lighthouse clock with weather station
Located in London, GB
A superb and highly decorative French automaton lighthouse clock and weather compendium by André Romain Guilmet of Paris, circa 1880, from his celebrated series of Industrial novelty...
Marble, Bronze
Automaton Industrial series Quarterdeck, Helmsman mantel clock by Guilmet
Located in London, GB
Antique French, "Ship's Quarter Deck" Automata clock from the Industrial Series. The bronze and silvered case is in the form of a ship's quarter deck, set with a real and operating b...
Marble, Bronze, Copper
A Unique 18th Century Georgian Urn Clock by Paul Rimbault, Soho London, 1770
By Paul Rimbault
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
His brother Stephen was also a prolific maker, notably of musical and automaton clocks, with an exceptional example in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
Brass, Steel
Antique Chinese Mother of Pearl Inlaid Automaton Figure Enamel Bracket Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Here we are offering a rare Chinese rosewood bracket clock with enamel column on each side. Front case is inlaid with mother of pearl and nearly in perfect condition. 5 brass finials...
Enamel, Brass
Amsterdam grandfather clock with ship automaton Nicolaas Weylandt circa 1745
By Nicolaas Weylandt
Located in Münster, DE
Amsterdam grandfather clock with ship automaton Nicolaas Weiland / Weylandt Circa 1745 Inlaid walnut case, top with original crown featuring Atlas and angels with fanfares, brass/...
Brass, Iron
Vintage Chinese Canton Automaton Acrobat Musical Pagoda Waterfall Bracket Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Fine Canton Workshop Chinese Automaton Acrobatic Figure Musical Pagoda Bracket Clock Here for your consideration is a large Chinese Canton bracket clock.
Brass
Massive 1880 Antique Ormolu Bronze Enameled Automaton Musical Bracket Clock
By Winterhalder and Hofmeier
Located in Danville, CA
Mechanism: 3 individual mechanisms driving, clock, automaton and music. Clock - The movement is signed 'W & H Sch.' for Winterhalder & Hofmeier, Schwarzenbach.
Bronze
Large French Automaton Locomotive Industrial Train Clock with Spinning Wheels
Located in Danville, CA
Here we have a wonderful example of the industrial series popular in French horology. When the animation movement is wound the train’s wheels and linkages spin, triggered by the hour...
Brass
$62,400Sale Price|20% Off
George III Style Automaton Musical Bell Striking Figure Bronze Bracket Clock
Located in Danville, CA
A large English George III Style Musical Automaton bracket clock. The gorgeous gilt bronze case is decorated with beautiful brass casting applications.
Brass, Enamel
$17,600Sale Price|20% Off
Automaton Waterfall & Figure Mother of Pearl Inlaid Musical Canton Bracket Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Also you can find a signature on it. The automaton feature plays every 15 minutes upon the clock striking.
Brass
Fine Inlaid George III Longcase Clock with Automaton Movement, circa 1780
Located in Essex, MA
Exquisitely inlaid Georgian period 18th century longcase or grandfather clock. Original boxwood and satinwood inlay in late Georgian neoclassical design Clock boasts an elaborate...
Boxwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
FINE CIRCA 1895 FRENCH AUTOMATON INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE MOVING GiLT BRONZE CLOCK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very fine and highly collectable Antique circa 1895 French Automaton Industrial Locomotive moving gilt ...
Brass
Massive French Style 8 Day Brass Automaton Steam Engine Industrial Mantle Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Large French Style 8 Day Brass Automaton Steam Engine Industrial Clock w Marble Base Here we have a wonderful example of the industrial series popular in French horology.
Brass
Massive French Style 8 Day Brass Automaton Steam Wheel Engine Industrial Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Large French Style 8 Day Brass Automaton Steam Engine Industrial Clock Here we have a wonderful example of the industrial series popular in French horology.
Granite, Metal, Brass
Antique 8 Day Tall Case Grandfather Clock Automaton Andrew Rich Bridgewater 1820
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Georgian Regency period tall case 8 day inlaid mahogany grandfather clock with a rocking figure of Old Father Time, by Andrew Rich of Bridgwater Somerset, circa 1820. ...
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century French Gilt Bronze Singing Bird Automaton on Carved Giltwood Base
Located in Dallas, TX
This exceptional antique singing bird automaton clock, crafted in France circa 1880, is a finely executed example of French luxury mechanical artistry.
Brass, Bronze
Unique and Magnificent Jewel Encrusted Automaton Watch by Audemars Piguet
By Audemars Piguet
Located in London, GB
Unique and magnificent jewel encrusted automaton watch by Audemars Piguet Swiss, 2002 Measures: Height 8.5cm, width 6cm, depth 2cm This spectacular watch is by Audemars Piguet.
Gold
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.
Granite, Brass
$1,995Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th Century French Clock Tower Automaton Figures
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century French Clock Tower Automaton Figures A rare matched pair of French (Paris) clock tower automaton figures, in the form of oriental male dressed dancing figures.
Gesso, Wood
Musical Automaton Picture Clock by Xavier Tharin, c. 1860
Located in Madrid, ES
Musical automaton picture clock by Xavier Tharin, c. 1860 Paris, hand-colored lithographed scene depicting a Mediterranean harbor scene with abbey, fountain, viaduct and watchtower ...
Paint
Automaton Picture clock in square frame with oval aperture and windmill
Located in London, GB
The automaton runs off the clock, so requires no separate winding, The clock is a fine 8 day, fusee movement with gut string, with verge escapement.
Gesso
Blaise Bontems Musical Automaton Singing birds and Clock under glass dome
Located in Leuven , BE
Praised by exhibition jurors as "toys for adults rather than children," Bontems' automatons commanded prices of £12, or £18 for rarer specimens featuring a clock (refer to D.
Metal
$4,268Sale Price|20% Off
A rare mid-19th century French Louis Philippe musical automaton framed wall cloc
Located in London, GB
A rare mid-19th century French Louis Philippe musical automaton framed wall clock A picturesque and highly decorative example of a rare mid-19th century French Louis Philippe music...
Wood, Paper
17th Century Gilded Bronze German Automaton Clock
Located in Lisbon, PT
Gilded bronze German automaton clock. Author: Nicolaus Schmidt der Junger, (Augsburg) circa 1620.
Ormolu
18thC English Automaton Picture Clock
Located in Grange-Over-Sands, GB
An unusual framed picture clock with automaton see saw, windmill and clock tower.
Brass
Unavailable
H 23.23 in W 12.41 in D 5.71 in
An Austrian quarter striking mantel clock with double automaton, circa 1830
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
11-cm enamel chapter ring with Arabic numerals and Breguet hands, skeletonized centre with gilt brass Cupid sharpening his arrows with connection to the half hour rack striking on a...
Giltwood
Unavailable
H 11.5 in W 5.25 in D 3.75 in
20th Century German Ferris Wheel Novelty Automaton Brass Carriage Clock
Located in London, Nottinghill
There is some general plating wear to brass clock case and to automaton. Left side glass is broken, clock is not running, winding or setting.
Brass
Unavailable
H 47.25 in W 13.78 in D 9.06 in
A rare Dutch Frisian oak wall clock with walking soldier automaton, circa 1790
Located in Amsterdam, NL
26.5-cm polychrome painted dial with Roman numerals and landscape centre, pierced brass hands and alarm disc, flowers in the lower corners and deities above flanking an aperture with...
Brass
Unavailable
H 18.12 in W 14.18 in D 6.3 in
A South German Iron Quarter Striking Wall Clock with Eyes Automaton, circa 1750
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
35.5-cm shaped polychrome painted iron dial with Roman numerals and iron and brass hands, further with heraldic arms below, above two lions flanking a face with eyes connected to the...
Iron
Unavailable
H 18.51 in Dm 6.7 in
An Extremely Rare 'Pendule Industrial' in the Shape of a Wind Mill with Automaton, Barometer and 2 Thermometers circa 1880
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Case: brass, partly gilt, partly blued, black marble base, masoned wind mill, rotating wind mill vanes, hinged clock case, aneroid barometer, lateral thermometers with Reaumur and Fa...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 110.24 in W 13 in D 13.78 in
Dutch Amsterdam Burr Walnut Long Case Clock N. Weylandt, circa 1750
By Nicolaas Weylandt
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Dutch Amsterdam burr walnut long case clock with ships automaton N. Weylandt, circa 1750.
Walnut
Clock with Singing Bird Automaton by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very beautiful and rare clock with bird automaton. Made by Bontems at the end of 19th century in Paris.
Metal, Gold Plate, Enamel, Other
French Antique Ormolu Automaton Clock of the Torre De Belém
Located in London, GB
This beautiful mantel clock is modelled on the Torre de Belém in Lisbon, Portugal, and incorporates an unusual mechanical automaton device that periodically moves the ship.
Ormolu
Automaton Wizard Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredibly rare automaton clock is surmounted by a charming young wizard.
Silver
French Automaton Industrial Locomotive Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exceptionally rare timepiece from a bygone age of industry, this automaton clock takes the form of a locomotive. The eight-day movement strikes on a gong and tells the time on a w...
Bronze
French Industrial Battleship Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
Taking the form of a battleship, this French automaton clock is a spellbinding example of the complex artistry of industrial timepieces.
Bronze
French Musical Automaton Picture Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
One of the most amazing timepieces we have ever acquired that offers far more than meets the eye, this incredible work of art blends the beauty of a painting with the mechanical comp...
Paint
French Automaton Battleship Industrial Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This automaton battleship clock is an impeccable example of the complex artistry of Industrial timepieces.
Bronze
18th Century Dutch Automaton Longcase Clock
By Jan Henkels
Located in New Orleans, LA
This particular clock is set apart by the inclusion of an exceptionally rare and elaborate “scheepjes mechaniek”, or automaton ship mechanism.
Brass
George III Adam and Eve Automaton Longcase Clock
By James Fenton
Located in New Orleans, LA
Longcase timepieces that combine the mechanics of a clock with those of an automaton are some of the rarest and most incredible ever made.
Mahogany
Sold
H 89.5 in W 21.5 in D 10.5 in
18th Century Chippendale Tall Case Clock with Rocking Ship Automaton
Located in Essex, MA
Works original to case and are being cleaned by our clock man and are fully functioning. Notes: "Rocking Ship" clock mechanisms employ a simple yet charming automaton.
Brass, Iron
Sold
H 14.57 in W 3.15 in D 4.34 in
A Rare Thomas Weeks Twin Fusee Striking Balloon Clock of Exceptional Provenance
By Thomas Weeks
Located in Amersham, GB
Weeks followed the fashion established by James Cox (d. 1788) and Henri Maillardet of the Swiss/French company of Jaquet Droz for exhibiting highly ornamental automaton clocks as par...
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Sold
H 12.25 in W 11.38 in D 8.5 in
French Quarterdeck Automaton Helmsman Clock by Guilmet, Retailed by Sewill, 1881
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique French Quarterdeck Automaton Helmsman Clock by Andre Guilmet (Paris), Retailed by J.
Silver Plate, Bronze
Sold
H 86.5 in W 17.75 in D 11 in
Rare Old American Stennes Fed, Sty, Inlaid Mahog, Automaton 8day Longcase Clock
By Elmer O. Stennes
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
One of the most highly collected midcentury longcase clocks, this fabulous Federal Style 8-day inlaid honey-colored, fiddle-grain, highly figured mahogany Clock with a wonderfully ha...
Brass
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...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
General Artigas Gunboat Industrial Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This automaton gunboat clock is an impeccable example of the complex artistry of industrial timepieces.
Metal
Sold
H 81.75 in W 18 in
Period English George III Mahogany Long Case Close with Rocking Ship Automaton
Located in Essex, MA
Period Georgian mahogany long case or grandfather clock --Working --Rare rocking ship automaton --Beautiful case with rich patina.
Mahogany
Sold
H 16.54 in W 10.24 in D 5.12 in
French Mantel Clock, Pendule with Moving Sailboat Automat, Charles X, circa 1840
Located in Greven, DE
Condition: Fully functional movements of the clock and the automaton. Case cleaned. The patination has probably been skipped, the fire gilding is absolutely authentic and original.
Bronze
Early 20th Century European Clock Tower Automaton Figures
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century European clock tower automaton figures We are proud to offer an extremely rare set of European clock tower automaton figures, in the form of Persian / Turkish mal...
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Sold
H 22.45 in W 14.18 in D 4.93 in
Large Vienna Empire Column Clock With Jacquart Automaton, Around 1820
By Viennese Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Splendid Viennese clock, ebonized fruitwood, with four alabaster columns in front of mirrored glass, above, flanking the cylindrical clock case, carved dolphins with new gilding, gil...
Brass
Early 1800 Automaton Clock 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Early 1800 automaton clock AUTOMATED CLOCK EARLY 1800 .BEAUTIFUL AND RARE CLOCK WITH A SEPARATE MECHANISM TO MOVE THE CAT'S HEAD IN A DIRECTION THAT APPEARS THAT A PAW IS LICKED.
Bronze
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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.
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On 1stDibs, find a range of extraordinary antique and vintage clocks today.
The French sculptor shaped dense blocks into tactile forms meant to be used and held.
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The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
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It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
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The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.