Late Edo Period 19th Century Japanese Pillar Clock, Shaku-Dokei, C. 1820
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Brandes, Alte Japanische Uhren, München, 1976 N.H.N. Mody, Japanese Clocks, Rutland, 1977 E.L. Edwardes, Dutch Clocks & Their Japanese Connections, Ashbourne, 1996, pp.158 ff.
Hardwood
Chelsea Chinoiserie Japanned Desk Clock, Boston, c. 1925
By Chelsea Clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
Square easel-back desk clock with japanned and gilt-lacquered metal case, the matte black ground enriched at the border with parcel-gilt and polychrome Chinoiserie—floral sprays, geo...
Brass
Japanese Style Clock attr. to L'Escalier de Cristal, France, Circa 1885
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Japanese clock in double patina bronze with suspended dial.
Bronze
Vintage trade s mark Japanese Tokyo wall clock
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Vintage trade s mark Japanese tokyo wall clock circa 1920. Ww2 Japanese trade s mark wall clock.
Glass, Wood
George III Later Scarlet Japanned Long Case Thomas Moore Clock
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A George III later scarlet japanned long case clock, Thomas Moore, Ipswich. The arched hood surmounted by brass finials of wing spread eagles above a glazed door opening to a twelve ...
Giltwood
Antique 19th c. Japanese Shaku Dokei Hanging Stick Pillar Wall Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Antique 19th c. Japanese Shaku Dokei Hanging Stick Pillar Wall Clock Here I'm offering a very old Japanese stick clock or Shaku-Dokei.
Brass
$10,189 / set
Japanese Style Gilt Bronze and Enamel Clock Set
By Japy Frères
Located in London, GB
This beautiful clock set is designed in a fanciful Japanese style, known in France in the 19th Century as ‘Japonisme’.
Bronze, Enamel
Early 19th Century English Japanned Grandfather Clock
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th Century English Japanned grandfather clock by Robert Woollan of Glastonbury, with an engraved silver and brass face and silver chapter ring.
Silver, Brass
An Anglo-Japanese carved oak mantel clock with hand painted blue floral dial.
Located in London, GB
An Anglo-Japanese oak mantel clock with a handpainted blue floral dial surrounded by a floral gilt brass outer ring, the top front and lower section carved with stylized Japanese bas...
Oak
French Chinoiserie/Japanism Dore Bronze and Hand Painted Porcelain Clock
By Edouard Lievre, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and quite rare 19th century French chinoiserie/Japanism dore bronze mounted and hand painted porcelain aesthetic movement clock, attributed to E.
Ormolu
Antique Japanese Bronze Barrel Form Table or Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
Very unique antique (late 19th to early 20th century) table or mantel clock in the Japonisme style, possibly of continental origin, in the form of a Japanese drum or barrel on stand,...
Bronze
« The Musician » Japanese style Clock attr. to L'Escalier de Cristal, FR, c.1890
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in PARIS, FR
Amusing bronze with double patina and porcelain clock in the shape of a covered jar. This clock, with a dial with Arabic numerals decorated in its center with a seated lute player, i...
Bronze
$2,384Sale Price|20% Off
Japanese Woman Fire-Gilt Bronze Clock c. 1800
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French fire-gilt bronze clock with marble base depicting a Japanese woman, Louis XVI or Empire Era, 1790-1815.
Marble, Bronze
English George III 18th Century Japanned Tall Case Clock with Chinoiserie Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English George III period Chinoiserie parcel gilt and japanned tall case clock from the 18th century, with black paint and arched brass dial.
Brass
Phillip Avenell of Farnham English Tall Clock with Japanned Case circa 1770
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of an English tall clock with japanned case by clockmaker Phillip Avenell of Farnum (d. 1783).
Metal, Brass
George II Parcel-Gilt Scarlet-Japanned Chinoiserie Table Clock by William Creak
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This English George II period 18th century table clock consists in a scarlet-japanned and parcel-gilt rectangular case with elaborate chinoiserie decoration and pierced frets to the ...
Brass
Red Tole Charles X Bullseye Wall Clock
Located in London, by appointment only
The clock body finished in red japanning and detailed in gilt.
Metal
French Japanism Champleve Enamel Ormolu Mounted Clock, Christofle & Cie, 1800s
Located in New York, NY
French Japanism Champlevé Enamel Ormolu Mounted Clock, Christofle & Cie.
Ormolu, Enamel
Art Deco Bronze and Onyx Mantel Clock with Japanese Female Figures Circa1920
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Deco Bronze and Onyx Mantel Clock with Japanese Female Figures, United States, Circa 1920 An exceptional Art Deco mantel clock crafted in the United States circa 1920, combining...
Marble, Bronze
Japanned steel clock face with English roses by Edmund Sagar, 1793-1805
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Japanned steel clock face with English roses in the spandrels and center with an Arabic numeral dial.
Steel
Louis XV Clock, 1750s Paris Ormolu & Patinated, Pendule à lÉléphant; by Godefroy
Located in New York, NY
Crafted in patinated bronze and exquisite mercury-gilded bronze (Bronze Doré), the clock vividly illustrates the luxurious craftsmanship favored by the elite of 18th-century France.
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Three-Piece Meiji Period Japonisme Vase Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Antique three-piece Meiji period Japonisme vase clock set French/Japanese, late 19th century Measures: Clock height 47cm, diameter 22cm Candelabra height 55cm, width 25cm, depth 2...
Ormolu
18th Century George II Scarlet Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Tall Clock
Located in Essex, MA
George II Red Japanned and Gilt Longcase Clock, circa 1760, the brass and silver-tone metal clock face marked "James Boivre / 7 Oaks" with black enamel roman numerals, the case with ...
Oak
$7,200Sale Price|60% Off
French Japonisme Parcel-Gilt Patinated Bronze Imari Porcelain Clock Garniture
By Edouard Lievre
Located in Long Island City, NY
A French Japonisme parcel-gilt patinated bronze and Japanese Imari Porcelain clock garniture, circa 1880.
Bronze
$61,136 / set
Japanese Imari Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
The mantel clock is designed about a Japanese porcelain vase, known as Imari ware.
Ormolu, Bronze
Queen Anne Red Japanned Tortoiseshell Longcase Clock
Located in Knutsford, GB
Queen Anne red japanned tortoiseshell longcase clock by “Benjamin Broadhead, London” A fine Queen Anne red Japanned, tortoiseshell longcase clock by Benjamin Broadhead, London.
Lacquer
Unavailable
H 95.75 in W 20.5 in D 10.5 in
George I Green Japanned Longcase Clock by “Edward Cockey, Warminster”
Located in Knutsford, GB
A fine George I green japanned, chinoiserie decorated eight-day longcase clock with lunar calendar by Edward Cockey, Warminster.
Lacquer
Unavailable
H 8.08 in W 2.96 in D 3.15 in
A Small Japanese Brass Lantern Clock with Foliot Escapement, circa 1800
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
striking, with 24-hour dial and alarm.
Brass
George III Blue Japanned Long Case Clock by Thomas Reynolds
By Thomas Reynolds
Located in New York, NY
The case with rare blue japanning with gilt chinoiserie decoration. A remarkable feature of this clock by Reynolds is the completely original nature of the movement with no alteratio...
Unavailable
H 86 in W 17 in D 10 in
Georgian Japanned and Parcel-Gilt Long Case Clock, Mid-18th Century
By Henry Thornton
Located in New York, NY
# V088 - Mid-Georgian black lacquer and chinoiserie decorated tall case clock by Henry Thornton, London. The well proportioned case beautifully decorated with stylized Chinese motifs...
Antique French Mantle Clock Japanese Decoration Porcelain Time
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Wonderful French antique mantel clock in ormolu Hand-painted porcelain panels feature floral motifs and a gorgeous Japanese figurine playing a sitar like instrument Clock is of exc...
Queen Anne Export Lacquer Clock by Daniel DeLander, London
By Daniel Delander
Located in Knutsford, GB
A highly important Queen Anne export lacquer longcase clock by Daniel DeLander, London. The exquisite lacquer German, possibly by Martin Schnell, Dresden. The case with flambeau ...
Lacquer
Unavailable
H 16.15 in W 11.03 in D 7.49 in
Japanned George III-Period Precision Bracket Clock by Parkinson & Frodsham
By Parkinson & Frodsham
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
Bracket clock with precision visible deadbeat escapement, signed Parkinson & Frodsham, London. George III Period, circa 1810. Movement with two fusees and gutline transmission, Grah...
Brass, Steel
Unavailable
H 11.5 in W 23 in D 7.5 in
Antique Jade and Silvered Bronze Mantel Clock Retailed by Yamanaka & Co.
Located in New York, US
Our lovely portico style mantel clock, retailed by Yamanaka & Company Ltd. in New York in the early 20th century, features a silverplate frame flanked by two finely carved foo li...
Jade, Metal
Unavailable
H 28.35 in W 12.6 in D 7.88 in
Georgian Bracket Clock on Its Bracket by George Prior, London
By George Prior
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
Movement with two fusees and gutline transmission, anchor recoil escapement, spring suspended pendulum with adjustment under the bob. Hourly rack strike on a bronze bell above. Finel...
Brass, Enamel
Unavailable
H 21.26 in W 13 in D 2.76 in
A fascinating antique Japanese Bronze clock depicting a troop of monkeys (Circa
Located in London, GB
The faces and hands of the Monkeys are picked out in a rich reddish copper and the clock face is enamel and displays Japanese numbers.
Bronze
Japanned tall case clock
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English black japanned tall case clock, the 8 day time and strike movement by Francis Robinson, London, the face with an aperture revealing individual beautifully engraved mytho...
Vintage Japanese Wall Clock
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 20th century, exported to Burma. “Meji” trademark. The mechanism works; includes winding key.
Metal
George II Japanned Tall Clock
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The case surmounted by a shaped pediment above an arched door enclosing the movement with a silvered dial within pierced foliate and mask cast brass spandrels, decorated overall in s...
Metal
George III Japanned Tall Case Clock
Located in Essex, MA
The arched bonnet with three brass finials over a glazed door enclosing works by William Hill Jr Walsingham over an arched door and plinth base.
Japanese Pedestal Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This magnificent Dai-dokei (pedestal clock) is one of the finest and rarest examples of Japanese horological artistry.
Brass, Steel
George III Green Japanned Tall Case Clock
Located in Essex, MA
Arched bonnet with three wood finials over a glazed arched door enclosing a brass dial signed Benjamin Sudlon, Yarmouth, the centre case with arched door, plinth base.
Other
George III Scarlet Japanned Tall Case Clock
Located in Essex, MA
Arched bonnet with giltwood finial, over a glass door opening to brass works by William Pike, Totnes, over an arched door and sepped base. Chinoiserie lacquer of later date.
George III Green Japanned Tall Case Clock
Located in Essex, MA
The crown with dome top and brass finials over a glazed door opening to expose a brass and steel dial signed by maker and London , waist form case and stepped base.
George III Blue Japanned Tall Case Clock
Located in Essex, MA
Flat bonnet with blind fret spandrels over an arched glazed door enclosing brass works by Thomas York , London. The waisted case section with door , plinth base and bracket feet.
Japanese Patinated Bronze Figural Clock Vase, Meiji Period
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A Japanese patinated bronze figural clock vase, Meiji period, in the Japonisme taste.
Bronze
Japanese Patinated Bronze Figural Clock Vase, Meiji Period
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A Japanese patinated bronze figural clock vase, Meiji period, in the Japonisme taste.
Bronze
A George II Black and Gilt-Japanned Longcase Clock by Joseph Davis
By Joseph Davis
Located in Dallas, TX
a George II black and gilt- japanned long case clock, arched bonnet supported by columns and enclosing a circular dial with Roman and Arabic numerals.
Wood
Antique French Japanned Balloon Desk Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique French Japanned balloon desk clock boasting a pretty enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, signed Furet A Paris.
Lacquer
George III Faux Tortoise And Japanned Tall Case Clock
Located in Essex, MA
Bonnet with flat top over an arched glazed door enclosing brass works by Sam Snow , London. The waist form case with door , raised on a plinth base. Includes pendulum ,weights , key.
George III Period Japanned Long-case Clock, London, c. 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
The clock-case with original Japanned decoration, a black lacquer ground and painted Chinoiserie designs on all exposed sides.
George III Green Japanned Bracket Clock By Edward Pistor
Located in Essex, MA
With arched top with brass carrying handle and pineapple finials over an arched glazed door enclosing the clock works by the London maker. Clock strikes on the hour with a reserved d...
Brass, Iron
English Red Japanned Act of Parliament Clock
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pretty red japanned Act of Parliament 8 day movement wall clock, the 20" diameter round dial with gilt hands and black Roman numerals, the door decorated with an Asian garden scene...
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