Antique Samson Porcelain and Ormolu Chinoiserie Elephant Clock
By Samson Porcelain Factory 1
Located in London, GB
Antique Samson porcelain and ormolu Chinoiserie elephant clock French, Late 19th Century Height 24cm, width 17cm, depth 13cm This exquisite and delicate clock typifies the Europea...
Ormolu
19th C Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Elephant Clock Signed by Barreau F. de Bronzes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent Louis XV style French gilt bronze elephant clock, signed by Barreau F. de Bronzes, dating to the 19th century.
Bronze
Christophe FRATIN (1801-1864) rare Asian elephant clock, in gilded and patinated
By Christophe Fratin
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Signed « Fratin » on the bronze base This beautiful elephant clock was made in the 19th century by the Animalier sculptor Christophe Fratin.
Bronze
Louis XV Ormolu Mntd. Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Elephant Clock w/ Snail
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An Exceptionally Rare 18th Century Louis XV Ormolu Mounted Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Elephant, Snail, and Flower Mantel Clock. The clock drum is painted with floral reserves on a...
Ormolu
19th Century French Blue Porcelain Elephant Clock Set in the Chinoiserie Style
Located in London, GB
A French Garniture de Cheminée in the Chinoiserie Taste Constructed in blue turquoise porcelain with gilt highlights, Algerian onyx and bronze, and comprising a gilt-bronze cased cl...
Ormolu
$4,050 / set
Art Deco Clock Set ~ Elephants
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful and high quality Art Deco clock set featuring two elephants standing beside the clock.
Marble, Metal
$1,319Sale Price|20% Off
Small Clock with Elephants
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Desk clock with elephants, early 20th century, Art Nouveau.
Marble, Metal
Rare Louis XV Style "Elephant" Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare Louis XV style gilt and patinated bronze "Pendule à l'éléphant" mantel clock , the enamel dial signed: "Mafson" à Paris" This beautiful example was made in the late 19th century...
Bronze
Art Deco Clock with Elephant and Tigers / Panthers by Irenee Rochard
By Irénée Rochard
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
A magnificent Art Deco clock featuring an impressive sculpture in the Japanese Meiji style, depicting two tigers in mid-attack on an elephant.
Onyx, Marble, Spelter
HERMANN SÜDFELD 1900 Viennese Enameled Sterling Desk-Clock With Elephant Motif
By Hermann Südfeld
Located in Miami, FL
The desk clock is mounted on three round sabots and decorated on top with a standing elephant.
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$10,291 / set
Japanese Style Gilt Bronze and Enamel Clock Set
By Japy Frères
Located in London, GB
The base is set on four feet, the front two of which are cast as elephant heads. The clock is stamped with the maker's name, 'Japy Freres & Cie/ Med D’ Honneur' and 'HR'.
Bronze, Enamel
19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock and Garniture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century French gilt bronze and porcelain mantel clock and garniture. Three-piece French garniture set with hand painted and artist signed porcelain, depicting Indian scenes w...
$5,246Sale Price / set|25% Off
Antique French Orientalist Arab 8 Day Gilt Bronze Statue Clock Garniture, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
The front of the clock is shaped like a Mihrab (a niche in a mosque), to the base is another bas relief an East Indian scene with gilded bronze figures holding muskets and spears, wi...
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Enamel
Large French Japonisme Ormolu Garniture Clock Set After Edouard Lievre
By Edouard Lievre
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and finely cast palatial and very large French 19th century Japonisme three-piece ormolu garniture clock set in the style of Edouard Lievre. This striking and extremely...
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
French Bronze Elephant Clock, circa 1860
By Miroy Frères
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
French bronze elephant clock. A beautifully cast bronze elephant clock with raised trunk (a sign of good luck) standing on an ormolu Rococo base supporting the cylindrical clock mov...
Bronze, Ormolu
Patinated Bronze Elephant Clock, France, 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare French bronze figure of an elephant on a carved wooden oval base. A brass lyre shaped pendulum swings from the elephant's trunk.
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Elephant Clock, by Le Foré Paris
Located in London, Middlesex
The bronze elephant stands on the rockwork base and the clock rests on an ormolu saddle secured by an ormolu band around his stomach.
Ormolu
Unavailable
H 9 in W 20 in D 5 in
Extremely Rare Enameled Three-Piece Clock Set by "Lormier" with Travel Case 1810
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The clock is in the form of an elephant, with the clock sitting on top.
Ceramic Elephant with Clock, Belgium, 1950s
By Thulin
Located in Retie, BE
Clockwork has not been tested. Elephant - elephant sculpture - elephant clock - pottery elephant.
Ceramic
Whimsical metal figural Clock, Monkey w/ parasol riding Elephant
Located in Queenstown, MD
Whimsical metal figural Clock...Monkey w/ parasol riding Elephant; early to mid-20th c.
Metal
Antique Elephant Swinging Clock by Junghans
Located in London, Nottinghill
This timepiece is in good working order and ticking well. Please study the photos carefully as form part of the description.
Spelter
Elephant Mantel Clock, circa 1750 and Later
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very decorative and popular patinated and ormolu-mounted elephant mantel clock basically Loui XV and later, the beautiful patinated bronze elephant carrying the movement on his bac...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Unavailable
H 12.6 in W 12.6 in D 1.97 in
Vitra Zoo Timers Elihu the Elephant Wall Clock in Pink & Black by George Nelson
By George Nelson, Vitra
Located in New York, NY
These items are currently only available in the United States. As a truly multi-talented designer, George Nelson was also successful as a graphic designer. His Zoo Timers – animals ...
Wood
French Doré and Patenated Bronze Chinoissorie Bronze Clock
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Doré and Patenated bronze Chinoissorie clock depicting a striding elephant holding a clock on his back framed in Bronze Doré with Boulle inlay standing on a Boulle and bronze mounted...
Miniature time piece pendulum of a bronze elephant
Located in HAARLEM, NL
Cute miniature timepiece pendulum of a bronze elephant carrying the movement in the enamel case mounted on the overall onyx base. The 8-day movement with cylinder escapement. Circa 1880
Onyx, Bronze
Hague clock by Tobias Klaaijssen Vlissinghe
Located in HAARLEM, NL
A tortoiseshell veneered Hague clock with elephant ivory mounted columns and ivory padfeet by Tobias Klaaijssen Vlissinghe.
Ivory, Tortoise Shell
Unavailable
H 7.17 in W 4.93 in D 3.55 in
Cute Miniature Time Piece Pendulum of a Bronze Elephant Carrying the Movement
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Cute miniature timepiece pendulum of a bronze elephant carrying the movement in the enamel case mounted on the overall onyx base. The 8-day movement with cylinder escapement, circa 1...
Onyx, Bronze
19th century Mantelclock by 'Martinot a Paris'
Located in HAARLEM, NL
This is a very nice and highly decorative 19th-century mantel clock featuring an elephant carrying the clock on its back with its trunk facing upwards, which is considered a sign of ...
Bronze
Sold
H 6 in W 5.5 in D 2.5 in
Jay Strongwater Ornate Elephant Clock Polychrome Enamel with Swarovski Crystals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jay Strongwater ornate elephant clock in polychrome enamel - The elephant and clock glitter with Swarovski and other crystals found in details surrounding the clock and polychromed e...
Enamel
A Louis XV Style Ormolu Striking Elephant Clock
Located in valatie, NY
This exceptionally styled elephant has a beautiful ormolu striking clock as its cargo.
Sold
H 27 in W 10.5 in D 13 in
Oversized Antique Amphora Templitz School Porcelain Elephant Clock, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Oversized antique Amphora Templitz School porcelain sculpture clock depicts pair of elephants, possibly the bull with his young, above pedestal bearing bronze clock, mark on works as...
Porcelain
Baccarat Crystal Mantel Clock with Elephants
By Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Baccarat crystal clock with elephants - handsome for any desk or mantle.
Crystal
Sold
H 17.5 in W 12 in D 6.5 in
French Elephant Form Chinoiserie Patinated and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
French 19th century elephant form chinoiserie motif Patinated and gilt bronze mantel clock.
Bronze
Antique French Clock - Elephant - The Mahout Fending Off A Tiger
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A rare and impressive antique French clock, modelled as an elephant carrying a howdah with a tiger being fought of by the mahout.
Metal
Late 19th Century Bronze Elephant Mantle Clock, French 1900
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A late 19th century mantel clock in the form of a striding Elephant with trunk raised, carrying a clock on it's back.
Bronze
Sold
H 21 in W 12 in D 5 in
French Japonisme Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Famile Verte Porcelain Clock Garniture
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
The clock with a bronze figural elephant. French, late 19th century.
Bronze
Japy Freres Ormolu and Porcelain Oriental Antique French Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
The case is decorated with stylised cherry branches forming the urn handles and the feet of the clock. Elephants masks are fitted to the sides. The dial is signed for the Brighton re...
Ormolu
Sold
H 7.09 in Dm 3.35 in
Viennese Silver Enamel Table Clock with Elephant Carrying the Case, ca. 1880
By Viennese Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Artfully decorated silver clock by a Viennese master: Plastic silver elephant on a drum carrying the oval watch case, based on a round, curved base with fine enamel painting - four ...
Gold Plate, Silver, Enamel
Charles Lemanceau French Art Deco Elephant Clock, 1930s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Art Deco elephant clock by Charles Lemanceau, France, 1930s.
Metal
Rare Antique Elephant Clock, circa 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A rare clock in the shape of an elephant. A hand painted papier marche case with mechanical clockwork.
Paper
19th C. Louis XV-Style Elephant Mantel Clock
Located in Norwalk, CT
A fine Louis XV-style elephant mantle clock, featuring a porcelain Benjarong-style elephant with hand painted decoration and gilded tusks, mounted atop a naturalistic gilt bronze bas...
Porcelain
Antique French Bronze and Ormolu Clock, Elephant and Cupid
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A fabulous and rare original antique French clock, featuring an elephant carrying the clock with cupid seated on top.
Bronze
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.
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.
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.