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Michael F. COX Reverse Carved Lucite Desk Clock Queen Elizabeth 2 Cruise Ship 95
By COX
Located in Miami, FL
Late 20th century Solid Lucite Desk Clock Reversed Etched Nautical Picture of the Queen Elizabeth 2
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Lucite
$495
H 6 in W 12 in D 2 in
New Haven Clock Co Banjo Clock With Reverse Painted Glass and Mahogany Case
Located in San Francisco, CA
New Haven Clock Co Banjo Clock With Reverse Painted Glass and Mahogany Case
13"W x 4"D x 39.5"H
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Vintage 1920s Wall Clocks
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
$525
H 39.5 in W 13 in D 4 in
1980s Postmodern Reverse Painted Glass Wall Clock by Empire Art
By Empire Art Products Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A postmodern Empire Art Products wall clock that looks like it could be straight out of a 1980s
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Glass
Arthur Umanoff Desk Clock, George Nelson & Associates, 1950s
By George Nelson, Howard Miller
Located in Amarillo, TX
George Nelson & Associates
table clock.
Howard Miller Clock Company,
USA.
Rosewood, steel
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel
Fanciful Eglomise Electric Wall Clock
Located in Stamford, CT
Reverse painted electric clock with Roman numerals in green, gold, cream, and tortoise pattern.
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Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Baroque Revival Wall Clocks
Materials
Glass, Wood
Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock by Ernest Royer
Located in London, GB
acanthus leaf and pine cone finial.
To the reverse, the clock movement bears a number of stamps
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique E. Ingraham & Co. Candy Stripe Inlay Mantel Clock 1871
By Ingraham
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique mantel clock by E. Ingraham & Co. with candy stripe inlay, spring driven movement, brass
Category
Antique 19th Century North American Victorian Mantel Clocks
Materials
Metal
Elegant Inlaid Mahogany Mantle Clock by Wray, Son & Perry c.1900
Located in Worcester, GB
perfectly sized for display.
To the reverse, the clock retains its original brass backplate, which can be
Category
Early 20th Century British Mantel Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock with Chivalric Scenes
Located in London, GB
a castle.
The clock is signed on its reverse 'BREVETE S.G.D.G. LEB' in a shield-shaped profile.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Gothic Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$4,445
H 17.72 in W 12.6 in D 5.91 in
French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer by Charpentier
By Charpentier et Cie
Located in London, GB
Designed in the French Rococo style, this clock and barometer set have been beautifully ornamented
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Wall Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
$16,671 / set
H 20.48 in W 12.6 in D 5.52 in
Lapis Lazuli Table Clock and Barometer
By Fabergé
Located in London, GB
hinged arm to the reverse. The clock and barometer dials in the centre are both made from white enamel
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Belle Époque Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Antique Silver and Enamel Viennese Table Clock
Located in London, GB
top of the flowers is the ovular clock dial, decorated to the reverse with a classical scene of a man
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Cl...
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Bauhaus Table or Desk Clock by Marianne Brandt for Ruppelwerk Gotha Germany 1932
By Ruppelwerk, Marianne Brandt
Located in Munich, DE
A pure German Bauhaus Design object: table or desk clock by Marianne Brandt. Manufactured by
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal
$3,614
H 5.52 in W 6.89 in D 2.76 in
Antique Rococo Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Clock Garniture
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
. Furthermore, the reverse of the clock is marked to the gilt bronze mount 'A. B 1058'.
Measures: The clock
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Vases
Materials
Ormolu
$104,199 / set
H 25.6 in W 11.82 in D 7.88 in
19 C Sevres Porcelain Turquoise Blue Ground Gilt Garniture Set w/ Figural Scenes
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
reverse of the clock is decorated with additional hand-painted reserves and gilt accents, allowing for
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$21,850 / set
H 17 in W 10 in D 10 in
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A Period Banjo Clock, Stenciled With Reverse Painted Glasses
Located in Sharon, MA
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This terrific banjo clock features black painted half-round molded frames with gilt oak leaf stencil
Category
Antique 19th Century American Clocks
Extraordinary French Boulle Mantle Clock
Located in Bronx, NY
design throughout. The reverse of the clock reveals a wooden door,
the inside panel of which is
Category
Antique 19th Century French Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Great Early 20th C Venetian Mirrored Clock
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Unusual venetian clock with reverse etched mirror panels and later clock movement. This was
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Wall Clocks
Materials
Wood
Lovely Illuminated Art Deco Four Roses Advertising Clock
Located in Mount Penn, PA
and uplights the reverse painted clock face. Clock is working and keeping time though I cannot
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Stunning German Art Deco Chrome with Etched & Beveled Glass Junghans Desk Clock
By Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in Port Hope, ON
body of the clock has a reversed etched circular bezel with etched linear numerals and its polished
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Chrome
H 7 in W 7.75 in D 3 in
Midcentury Fornasetti Wall Clock Reverse Black Face
By Fornasetti
Located in Daylesford, Victoria
Midcentury Fornasetti wall clock with whole face image, Arabic numerals, reverse image Pixelated
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Glass
1930s Seth Thomas Kingsbury Pillar Scroll Electric Mantel Clock Reverse Painted
By Seth Thomas Clock Company
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique circa 1930s Seth Thomas Kingsbury mahogany electric mantel or shelf clock. A special order
Category
Vintage 1930s Federal Mantel Clocks
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Paint
H 17.25 in W 5 in D 10 in
Reverse-painted Clock
Located in New York, NY
Reverse-painted clock in the neo-classic manner
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Clocks
Antique Wm Gilbert Gothic Mahogany Reverse Painted Mantel Steeple Clock
By Gilbert Clock Co
Located in Dayton, OH
Clock Company, with Roman numeral face and reverse painted scene on the door that features a large
Category
Antique 19th Century Gothic Mantel Clocks
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Paint
Antique Birge, Mallory & Co. Mahogany Reverse Painted Triple Decker Clock, c1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique shelf clock by Birge, Mallory & Co. offers mahogany case with foliate carved crest over
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
H 38.75 in W 17.75 in D 5.5 in
French Boulle Mantel Clock, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
surrounded by a unique brass and wood casing showing the movements and a glass door. The reverse of the clock
Category
Antique 19th Century English Clocks
Materials
Wood
Handsome Arts and Crafts Inlaid Exotic Wood Mantle Clock
Located in New York, NY
Handsome Arts and Crafts inlaid geometric, tortoise design exotic wood mantle clock features a
Category
20th Century Clocks
Fine Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Clock by Jean-Baptiste Delettrez
By Jean-Baptiste Delettrez
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
fine crispness. Porcelain is signed to the reverse and the clocks sits upon its original gesso base
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Egyptian Revival Three-Piece Clock Garniture Flanked, Obelisk France, circa 1880
Located in Shippensburg, PA
chip to front proper left corner of clock base; one obelisk with large chip to reverse. Clock does not
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Antique 1880s French Egyptian Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Siena Marble, Slate, Bronze, Metal
H 17 in W 16 in L 17 in
French Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Figural Mantel Clock, Late 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
sides and reverse of clock overpolished and discolored. Chips to winding holes in dial. Crack in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
H 17.88 in W 11.5 in D 5.13 in
E.F. Caldwell Veined Black Marble and Dore Bronze Mounted Sphinx Legged Clock
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in New York, NY
, smooth finish.
The reverse of the clock is fitted with a dore bronze meticulously hand-worked cover
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 18.25 in W 8.25 in D 7.5 in
Napoleon III Period Ormolu and Red Marble Mantel Clock by Denière & Fils
By Denière Et Picard
Located in London, GB
on a red marble plinth applied with scrolling acanthus mounts centered by a mask, the reverse of the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
H 32.68 in W 20.08 in D 10.24 in
Rare Arthur Umanoff Flip Table Clock
By Arthur Umanoff, Howard Miller
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
to reverse, Howard Miller Clock Company Zeeland Michigan.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Glass, Rosewood
René Lalique Naïades Clock
By René Lalique
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
figures placing a garland of flowers around an etched, reverse painted clock face. Original base with
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Glass
Materials
Glass
Early 2 Sided Glass Dome Clock Store Sign
Located in Peekskill, NY
impressive size with two 23 inch diameter reverse painted clock face glass domes. The overall measurements
Category
20th Century Signs
Materials
Iron, Tin
Art Deco Modernist 8 Day Chrome Mantle Clock by Smiths, English, c1936
By Smiths English Clock Systems
Located in Devon, England
the reverse of the clock. The door is made from clear Perspex and is held in place with a central
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Chrome
H 9.06 in W 10.63 in D 8.47 in
Very Rare George Nelson String Wall Clock
By George Nelson
Located in New York, NY
to reverse: [Howard Miller Clock Company Zeeland, Michigan].
Category
Vintage 1950s American Wall Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Fine Austrian Neoclassical Gilded Eagle Wall Clock, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
, presumably pine though it is difficult to examine more fully. The reverse of the clock has a small wooden
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Wall Clocks
Materials
Iron
“Cupid & Psyche” French Empire Bronze Sculpture Mantel Clock, circa 1815
Located in Shippensburg, PA
rests over gilt bronze animal paws with winged returns. The reverse of the clock movement is covered in
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
H 22 in W 13.75 in D 6.25 in
Kite Wall Clock, Model 2201B by George Nelson
Located in West Chester, PA
and 1960. Signed with decal manufacturer’s label to reverse: [Howard Miller Clock Company, Zeeland
Category
20th Century Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
Kite Wall Clock, Model 2201B by George Nelson
Located in West Chester, PA
and 1960. Signed with decal manufacturer�s label to reverse: [Howard Miller Clock Company, Zeeland
Category
Vintage 1950s Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
Czechoslovakian Mid-Century Modern Reverse Painted Mechanical Wall Clock
By PRIM Clocks
Located in Port Hope, ON
This beautiful Mid-Century Modern yet almost Art Deco styled mechanical eight-day wall clock is by
Category
Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal
Reverse Painted Advertising Regulator Wall Clock
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This charming clock says it all- they sold furniture, picture frames, and undertaking! The reverse
Category
Early 20th Century American Clocks
Materials
Metal
Reverse Painted Zodiac Wall Clock
Located in Charlotte, NC
Mid-century reverse painted wall clock. Grey, Black, Silver, and Gold Really beautiful zodiac
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Wall Clocks
Reverse Painted Black Glass Clock with Gold Lettering
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black glass reverse painted by hand with gold zodaic figures. Made by Gait Anderson Co., Yonkers
Category
Vintage 1930s American Clocks
1940's reverse painted glass wall clock with Zodiac signs
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
A reverse painted convex glass 1940's wall clock representing the Zodiac. Gold on a black
Category
Vintage 1940s American Clocks
French Art Deco Chrome and Reverse Painted Mirror 8-Day Mantel Clock by Vedette
By Vedette
Located in Port Hope, ON
This fabulously designed, high quality French Art Deco large 8-day mechanical mantel clock by
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Mantel Clocks
Materials
Chrome
H 8.25 in W 8.75 in D 2.25 in
Italian Mirrored Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This mirrored clock is painted in reverse. The colors are silver and shades of pink and purple. It
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Clocks
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Amazing Spiderweb Eglomise Mirrored Clock
Located in Southfield, MI
Late 50's spiderweb design reverse decorated mirror clock. Keywind and in working order, this piece
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Clocks
Double Face Building Clock from Hungary
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Double Faced Building Clock with reverse painted glass face plates. The clock has a
Category
20th Century Hungarian Clocks
Angelo Romano Signed Eglomise Mirrored Wall Clock
Located in Southfield, MI
Superb eglomise reverse decorated wall clock signed by Angelo Romano Ltd. Made in Italy and dating
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Clocks
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Bronze Clock
Located in Marseille, FR
19th century gilt bronze clock representing a woman with reversed jugs. In working order
Category
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A Federal Gilt Banjo Clock, Aaron Willard, Boston, c. 1820
By Aaron Willard
Located in Providence, RI
This clock has its original reverse paintings showing a dynamic naval battle, above a banner
Category
Antique 1820s American Federal Clocks
Materials
Giltwood, Glass
English Art Deco Reverse Etched Peach Mirror, Brass and Blonde Walnut Wall Clock
Located in Port Hope, ON
with rounded corners. The hands are brass and the numerals are represented by reverse etched single
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 9.5 in W 13.25 in D 3 in
Very Unusual 19th Century Belgian Tall Case "Fish" Clock from Liege
Located in Antwerp, BE
clock face is reverse painted glass (églomise) trimmed in brass in absolutely excellent condition
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Clocks
Incredible Adel Brau Beer Neon Advertisement Clock, circa 1940s
Located in Portland, OR
beer was brewed and distributed by Wausau, of Wausau, WI. This neon clock features a reverse-painted
Category
Vintage 1940s Industrial Wall Clocks
18th Century Antique Swedish Gustavian Moro Clock Painted Blue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
distressed finish, a carved and crown moulded adornment over
the face of the clock, a reversed arched
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Grandfather Clocks and Longc...
Materials
Pine
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Clock Reverse For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the clock reverse you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each clock reverse for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, metal and wood. Your living room may not be complete without a clock reverse — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each clock reverse bearing Art Deco or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. Fornasetti, PRIM Clocks and Seth Thomas Clock Company each produced at least one beautiful clock reverse that is worth considering.
How Much is a Clock Reverse?
A clock reverse can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,270, while the lowest priced sells for $395 and the highest can go for as much as $22,000.
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.
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