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Located in Danville, CA

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Located in Danville, CA

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$2,850

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Located in Danville, CA

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Located in Danville, CA

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Located in Danville, CA

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Located in Danville, CA

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$3,800

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H 6 in W 6 in D 6 in

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Located in London, GB

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By Elgin Clocks

Located in London, GB

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Located in London, GB

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Located in Doylestown, PA

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H 16 in W 12.5 in D 11.75 in

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Located in Big Flats, NY

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H 4.5 in W 2.5 in D 2.5 in

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By Ralph Lauren

Located in San Diego, CA

Fine Ralph Lauren brass and glass ball shaped desk clock. The clock works and keeps accurate time.

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Mystery Briggs Rotary Conical Pendulum Glass Dome Flying Ball Clock

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H 9 in Dm 6 in

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Located in Danville, CA

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H 22.75 in W 12.75 in D 10 in

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Located in Danville, CA

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Early 20th Century French Gilded Ball Clock with Guilloche Enamel, circa 1910

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H 2.75 in Dm 2.25 in

Early 20th Century French Gilded Ball Clock with Guilloche Enamel, circa 1910

Located in London, GB

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H 5 in W 5 in L 5 in

Assorted Collection of Antique Ball Clocks

Located in New York, NY

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Swiss Erotic Hand-Painted, Steel and Glass Ball Clock/Paperweight by Helvetia

Located in Port Hope, ON

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Glass Ball Desk Clock For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the glass ball desk clock you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each glass ball desk clock for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and glass. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect glass ball desk clock — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A glass ball desk clock, designed in the Art Deco, Louis XVI or mid-century modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made glass ball desk clock has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Charles Webb, Elgin Clocks and Jakob Palmtag are consistently popular.

How Much is a Glass Ball Desk Clock?

A glass ball desk clock can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $6,375, while the lowest priced sells for $500 and the highest can go for as much as $28,500.

Finding the Right Table-clocks-desk-clocks for You

Whether you’re working on-site or giving your home office the makeover it deserves, a new, vintage or antique table clock or desk clock is a decorative touch that blends ornament and functionality. Who says that a unique desk clock isn’t a meaningful addition to your home office or library? And who says you don’t need a cool clock anymore?

While our means for telling time have evolved from pocket watches to wristwatches and finally to our digital phones, there is likely still a place for a table clock or desk clock in your life, even if it isn’t a modern desk clock.

Antique and vintage clocks appeal to our penchant for nostalgia, whisking us back in time to the 18th and 19th centuries, when clockmakers were busying themselves with designs for objects such as mantel clocks, then ornate pieces that were typically displayed on top of a fireplace. Tabletop clocks and desk clocks are variations on the carriage clock, a small, portable timepiece outfitted with a hinged carrying handle that garnered popularity as the growth of rail travel took shape.

Clocks make great collectibles. More than one mantel clock in your home library is going to elevate the space where your carefully curated stacks of books live, while a well-designed small decorative desk clock can be a fun way to express your personal style. Amid your inkwell, porcelain paperweights and other desk accessories, a desk or table clock designed during the Art Deco or Louis XVI eras, for example, is going to stand out in your workspace as a striking accent.

Since new, vintage and antique tabletop and desk clocks are not as common in today’s interiors, these objects will make a statement in yours. Find a spectacular clock on 1stDibs now.

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