Cercles Tournants Clock Garniture by Deniere, Paris
By Jean-François Denière
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare and Exceptional Gilt and Patinated Bronze Monumental Cercles Tournants Clock Garniture, by Deniere, Paris.
Bronze
$7,991
H 7.29 in Dm 3.86 in
Silver Guilloche Enamelled Cercle Tournant Timepiece Royal Blue, Swiss, ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Fancy Cercle Tournant Timepiece: Urn-shaped silver case with offset base, covered with royal blue guilloche enamel, seven oval medallions with polychrome enamel miniature painting wi...
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$180,000Sale Price / set|23% Off
H 34 in W 15 in D 15 in
Important Cercles Tournants Rotary Clock set by Deniere
By Maison Deniere
Located in Tarzana, CA
Very Large Important and Rare Napoleon III Period Ormolu And Patinated Bronze Sculptural rotary 3-piece clock set ("Pendule A Cercles Tournants") comprising a palatial clock and a pa...
Bronze
$11,567
H 15.75 in Dm 11.03 in
Antique Louis XVI Marble Gold Ormolu Gilt Bronze Cercle Tournant Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
It features an intriguing mechanism known as a cercle tournant, or rotating dial clock. In contrast to traditional timepieces, the hour and minute dials revolve completely while the ...
Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
$12,928
H 15.36 in W 7.09 in D 4.73 in
18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu and Marble Cercle Tournant Mantel Clock by Lepaute
By Lepaute
Located in London, GB
Referred to as a cercle tournant, or rotating dial clock, this rare timepiece diverges from conventional designs by employing two rotating cylindrical enamel bands that complete a fu...
Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
$117,519
H 27.17 in W 12.6 in D 8.67 in
Louis XVI mantel clock “Pendule à cercles tournants”; France, 18th century
By Augustin Pajou
Located in MADRID, ES
Louis XVI mantel clock "Pendule à cercles tournants" France, late 18th century / early 19th century Mercury-gilt bronze, Carrara marble, enamel and copper.
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Enamel
$32,662
H 19.69 in Dm 8.67 in
Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Porphyry Cercle Tournant Fine French Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This stunning antique mantel clock is unusual for its serpentine design, featuring a gilt bronze, hanging snake head that acts as a clock hand. The 360 degree turning circular ena...
Porphyry, Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI-Styl Ormolu and White Marble Mantel Clock
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in New York, NY
A Fine Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Mantel Clock After a model by Étienne-Maurice Falconet The urn-form pendule à cercles tournants supported by a fluted marble col...
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
$32,662
H 24.81 in W 10.63 in D 10.63 in
Antique French Gilt Bronze, Marble and Tole Revolving Dial Clock
By Francois Vion
Located in London, GB
This clock is not only a wonderful piece of design — with its clever ‘cercle tournant’ dial — it is also an exquisite piece of decorative art, displaying gilt bronze sculpture of the...
Marble, Enamel, Ormolu, Tôle, Bronze
$61,242
H 28.35 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Neoclassical Style Circular Movement Mantel Clock by Leroy & Cie
Located in London, GB
The clock mechanism, called a cercle tournant, is composed of two cylindrical enamel discs.
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
$88,464
H 87.41 in W 13.39 in D 13.39 in
Louis XVI Style Annular Dial Clock in the Manner of Lepaute, French, circa 1890
By Jean-André Lepaute 1
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The design for this exceptional clock is a variation on a model for an 18th century ‘cercles tournants’ vase clock attributed to Jean-André and Jean-Baptiste Lepaute.
Marble, Bronze
$42,312
H 26.78 in W 12.6 in D 10.24 in
Table clock “cadran tournant”. Bronze, marble. After Augustin Pajou.
Located in Madrid, ES
This dial houses the clock movement, with the hours and minutes displayed on two white bands, using the system known as "cercles tournant" or "candran tournant." The old man is Cronu...
Marble, Bronze, Other
$61,244
H 24.81 in W 10.44 in D 10.44 in
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Lapis Lazuli Mantel Clock after Falconet
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in London, GB
The clock case itself takes the form of a vase with a 'cercle tournant' enamel dial, mounted with gilt bronze garlands and surmounted by a gilt bronze finial.
Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu, Bronze
$81,656
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 14.97 in
A Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock, By Jean-François Denière
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock, 'Pendule à Cercles Tournants', By Jean-François Denière, Paris.
Bronze
$45,992
H 19.3 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
A Unique 18th Century Georgian Urn Clock by Paul Rimbault, Soho London, 1770
By Paul Rimbault
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
This singular example of a pendule à cercles tournants stands as a masterpiece of English clockmaking and design from the Georgian period.
Brass, Steel
$35,384
H 29.53 in W 12.6 in D 11.42 in
A Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Marble Clock Garniture
By Jollet & Cie
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Marble Clock Garniture, Comprising a 'Pendule à Cercles Tournants' Modelled with the Three Graces and a Pair of Cherub Four-Light Cand...
Marble, Ormolu
Unavailable
H 19.69 in W 13.78 in D 10.63 in
Important Clock Cercle Tournant Toilet of Venus, 19th Century
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in OŻARÓW MAZOWIECKI, 14
Important gilt bronze clock, so called "cercle tournant", end of 19th century, France. A figurative dwelling, representing the famous mythological scene "Toilets of Venus", immortali...
Bronze, Ormolu
Unavailable
H 51 in W 46 in D 18 in
French Empire Ormolu and Bronze Sculptural "Cercles Tournants" Mantel Clock
Located in Tongeren, Limburg
An attractive French Empire ormolu and bronze sculptural "cercles tournants" mantel clock, circa 1815. Flat bottomed countwheel bell striking verge movement lacking silk suspended pe...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 15.56 in Dm 8.27 in
“Cercles Tournants” Louis XVI Mantel Clock, Bronze Attributed to Gouthière
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Paris, FR
Important white marble “Cercles Tournants” mantel clock. Gilt bronze mounts attributed to Pierre Gouthière.
Marble, Bronze
Unavailable
H 14.57 in Dm 6.7 in
A French ormolu and marble 'pendule a cercles tournants', Barancourt, circa 1780
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
8-day spring driven movement with pinwheel escapement and silk suspended sunburst pendulum, countwheel half hour striking on a bell, driving the two horizontal chapter rings with Rom...
Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XVI 'cercle a tournant' clock
Located in HAARLEM, NL
Very unusual and important finely chased and gilt French Pendule ’Cercle a tournant’. Louis XVI circa 1780. This ‘Cercle a tournant’ clock symbolising THE ALTAR OF VENUS .
Marble, Bronze
Silver Guilloche Enamelled 'Circle Tournant' Timepiece, Swiss, ca 1890
Located in Vienna, AT
Fancy Cercle Tournant Timepece: Silver urn-shaped case with stepped base, covered with pink guilloche enamel, seven oval medallions with polychrome enamel painting with bucolic depi...
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sold
H 15.5 in W 5 in D 3 in
French Chinoiserie Ormolu-Mounted Bronze Russian Rhodonite Clock Garniture Set
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
In the Louis the XVI style. "Pendule à Cercles Tournants". Ordered to Chinese figures, decorated with a frieze of openwork tracery, the foliate handles the pedestal with twiste...
Bronze
Antique Marble, Ormolu, and Glass French Mantle Clock
Located in London, GB
A Mantle Clock by Robin of Paris In the Louis XVI Manner The shaped rectangular Carrara marble base being supported on gilt bronze toupie feet, on which stand two putti holding al...
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Annular Dial Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
These grand timepieces, known as cercles tournants in France, are clocks with ring-shaped dials that revolve around a fixed pointer.
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 26.78 in W 12.6 in D 9.85 in
Table Clock "Cadran Tournant", Bronze, Marble, After Augustin Pajou
By Augustin Pajou
Located in Madrid, ES
The aforementioned dial contains the clock movement, with the hours and minutes arranged in two white stripes, with the system known as “cercles tournant” or “candran tournant”. T...
Marble, Bronze, Other
19th Century French Annular Dial Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
Also known as a pendule a cercles tournants, this large timepiece tells the time on two revolving chapter rings, with a charming bronze figure of Cupid pointing to the exact hour and...
Marble, Bronze
French Annular Dial Clock Garniture
Located in New Orleans, LA
Annular dial clocks, known as cercles tournants in France, are clocks with ring-shaped dials that revolve around a fixed pointer.
French Annular Dial Mantel Clock
By Maison Marnyhac 1
Located in New Orleans, LA
Annular clocks, referred to as cercles tournants in France, are clocks with ring-shaped dials that revolve around a fixed pointer.
Bronze, Enamel
Large Patinated and Gilt Bronze Clock Set with Putti by Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in London, GB
The mantel clock features a gilt bronze (ormolu) cercle tournant dial, with black Roman Numerals and Arabic Numbers, and crowned by a gilt bronze sculpture of a rooster crushing an o...
Ormolu, Bronze
Sold
H 29.53 in W 20.48 in D 15.75 in
"Allégorie du Temps" Art Nouveau Sculptural Clock by François-Raoul Larche
By François-Raoul Larche
Located in London, GB
"Allégorie du Temps" Art Nouveau sculptural clock by François-Raoul Larche French, ciirca 1905 Measures: Height 75cm, width 52cm, depth 40cm This extremely large pendule à cerc...
Bronze, Ormolu
Sold
H 29.93 in W 13.39 in D 13.39 in
Marble Mounted Gilt and Patinated Bronze Three-Piece Clock Set by H. Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in London, GB
Comprising a central cercle tournant clock and a pair of flanking cassolettes, the clock modelled as three full length standing female figures holding aloft the globular form dial wi...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Sold
H 11.5 in W 8.75 in D 8.75 in
1970s Arthur Imhof Royal Geographic Society Commemorative Swiss World Clock
By Arthur Imhof
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Painted black metal terrestrial globe with gold outlines of countries and corresponding hours housed in a brass casing with silver dial ring (cercle tournant) / annular chapter ring ...
Metal, Silver, Brass
Large French Ormolu Rotary Clock After a Model by Jean-Francois Forty
By Jean François Forty 1
Located in New York, NY
A Large Napoleon III ormolu Pendule À Cercles Tournants Attributed to Deniere, after the model by Jean-François Forty, Paris, third quarter 19th century Modeled as lidded vase, rai...
Bronze
Egg-shaped clock with enamel decorations.
Located in Vicenza, IT
Period: first quarter of the 20th century / last quarter of the 19th century Balance wheel movement and remontoire winding. "cercle tournant" (rotating circle) mechanism. Disc dial w...
Enamel
Sold
H 30.71 in W 13 in D 13 in
Three Graces Louis XVI Style Cercle Tournant in Ormolu Bronze and Marble
Located in Wingene, BE
Louis XVI style cast bronze clock set with cercle tournant movement and enamel rotating circles.
Bronze, Ormolu
$188,407
H 98.43 in W 21.26 in D 13 in
Exceptional Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Malachite Grandfather Clock
Located in London, GB
Exceptional Louis XVI style gilt bronze and malachite grandfather clock French, late 19th century Measures: Height 250cm, width 54cm, depth 33cm This superb longcase clock is a ...
Malachite, Ormolu
$115,683
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Wrought Iron
Large Precious Stone and Silver-Gilt Flower Model by Asprey
By Asprey & Garrard Limited
Located in London, GB
A large precious stone and silver-gilt flower model by Asprey. English, 20th century. Measures: 47cm high x 14cm wide x 12 cm depth. Crafted in fine Faberge style, this piece is...
Rock Crystal, Gold Plate, Silver
$381,075
H 52.37 in W 35.83 in D 24.41 in
Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain Louis XVI style casket on stand This magnificent Louis XVI style ormolu casket is supported by a mirror-topped table stand, which sits on fo...
Ormolu
$164,548
H 74.81 in W 23.63 in D 19.69 in
ANTINOUS Magnificent Italian Neoclassical Carrara Marble Sculpture
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding 19th century Italian finely carved Carrara "Statuario" marble sculpture of Antinoo , after the Antique The Capitoline 'Antinous'. Antinous, a young Bithinius favorite...
Marble
Bird Cage Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, Year: 1900, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Bird Cage, Art Nouveau Year: 1900 Country: French Material: Iron It is an elegant and sophisticated bird cage. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles s...
Iron
$61,242
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...
Oak
Russian 88 Silver And Jade Amethyst Letter Opener
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Russian Neoclassical paper knife or letter opener in the style of a Roman gladius sword. The blade is made of polished nephrite jade stone. Pink guilloche enamel handle with gilt a...
Jade, Silver
$64,850
H 66 in W 51 in D 6.5 in
Large & Impressive French 19th Century Oil on Canvas "The Water Carrier Lady"
By Jules Salles-Wagner
Located in LA, CA
Jules Salles-Wagner (French, 1814-1898) A Large and Impressive French, 19th century oil on canvas "The Water Carrier Lady" depicting a standing and posing young peasant girl holding ...
Oil
$150,000 / set
H 67 in Dm 40 in
Pair Louis XV Style 16-Light Bronze & Cut-Glass Chandeliers, Manner of Baccarat
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass sixteen-light chandeliers. The solid bronze frames surmounted with pendants, molded towers, fleur de lis and a central suppor...
Crystal, Bronze
$84,000 / set
H 68.25 in W 14.75 in D 14.75 in
Antique Italian Ionic Marble Columns, Hand Carved, Circa 1860-1880
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of late 19th Century, antique Italian Ionic style columns, meticulously hand carved from solid marble, in good condition. These monumental architectural elements feature class...
Marble
$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...
Glass, Mahogany
$976,800
H 15 in W 39 in D 34 in
Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Paulding Farnham., Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900. Museum...
Sterling Silver
Louis XIV Style Gilt Bronze and Malachite Fireplace
Located in Dallas, TX
This French Marble Mantel from the 20th century is a luxurious addition to any home. Crafted in the elegant Louis XIV style, it features stunning malachite stone in a beautiful emera...
Malachite, Ormolu
$122,500Sale Price|30% Off
H 110 in W 75.5 in D 26 in
18th Century Austrian Hand-Carved and Painted Cabinet Accented with Gold Leaf
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted in the 18th century, this antique Austrian two door cabinet is painted with a well-detailed floral motif and adorned with hand-carved and gold leafed decorations. Exquisitely...
Gold Leaf
$94,015
H 98.43 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Set of Extraordinary Italian Stone Statues Representing the Four Seasons
Located in Rome, IT
Four season ,monumental classically draped female figures and their distinguishing symbols on a square base. Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Timeless classical decoration for you...
Limestone
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.
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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.
After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
The brilliantly simple design turns a modest bouquet into a major statement.
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.