Vintage Animated Kitten Cat Catching Fish Novelty Clock
Located in Danville, CA
ANIMATED KITTEN CAT CATCHING FISH NOVELTY CLOCK Here we are offering a very unusual animated kitten catching fish novelty clock.
Brass
Antique Monkey Barber Animated Brass-Cased Novelty Clock
Located in Forney, TX
A most amusing late 19th / early 20th century animated novelty clock, depicting monkey barber giving a haircut with disastrous results.
Brass
Victorian Brass Novelty Clock by Elkington & Co
By Elkington & Co.
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian brass novelty clock by Elkington & Co., in the form of a double steering-wheel, one wheel enclosing a clock and the other a barometer, with two additional Fahrenheit ther...
Brass
George Betjemann Novelty Drum Clock
By George Betjemann & Sons
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING From our Clocks collection, we are pleased to offer this George Betjemann Novelty Drum Clock, dated 1873.
Silver Plate, Brass
Mystery Briggs Rotary Conical Pendulum Glass Dome Flying Ball Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Mystery Briggs Rotary glass dome flying ball clock. We are presenting an excellent "Briggs Rotary" novelty clock.
Brass
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Victorian Novelty Gilded brass Mantel Clock
By The Perivale British Clock Company
Located in Dereham, GB
Victorian Novelty Gilded brass Mantel Clock Circular Dial Clock, Bevelled Glass, 6cm Diameter Cream & Gilded face, Centre with Winged cherub on chariot being pulled by two dragon...
Brass
Late 19th Century French Novelty ‘Quarterdeck’ Mantel Clock by Guilmet, Paris
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late 19th century French gilt-brass and steel novelty ‘quarterdeck’ mantel clock by Guilmet, Paris, the eight-day gong striking movement with anchor escapement, circular gilt Roman...
Brass
Hickory Dickory Dock Mouse Novelty Wall Clock - The Mouse Reads Time
Located in Danville, CA
A "Hickory Dickory Dock" themed clock inspired by the popular nursery rhyme. The clock has a wooden design with an antique feel. The top of the clock has the words “Dickory Dickory D...
Brass
A Novelty Desk Clock By Jaeger LeCoultre
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Amersham, GB
A desk clock in the shape of an Egyptian obelisk made by LeCoultre with an 8 day movement in the base, a crisp silvered dial and gilded numerals and batons set beneath a perspex obel...
Steel
American Clock, a Comprehensive Pictorial Survey, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
A reference guide for collectors and clock lovers. Details and illustrations of tower clocks, tall case clocks, dwarf tall case clocks, bracket clocks, Massachusetts shelf clocks, li...
Paper
Large Gilt-Brass Automaton Clock with Barometer, Paris, Circa 1880
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Literature: For a detailed account of Guilmet and his industrial clocks see: Robers, Derek, Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer Publishing (Atglen), 1999; pp. 241-284.
Brass, Enamel
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
Novelty 'life buoy' antique sterling silver pocket watch & stand made in 1910
By Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1910 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., this charming, novelty, Antique Sterling Silver Pocket Watch Stand, is modelled as a life buoy. The pocket watch stand...
Sterling Silver
A 19th Century Novelty Desk Compendium in the form of a Davy Lamp By Guilmet
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Amersham, GB
(Derek Roberts). p258, Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks, Derek Roberts 1999.
Brass, Steel
Automaton Beam Engine Clock by Andre Guilmet
By Andre Romain Guilmet
Located in Amersham, GB
A novelty mantel clock in the form of an industrial beam engine by Andre Romain Guilmet, dating from circa 1878 and numbered 196 and signed by Giulmet.
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Antique French Mystery Gravity Driven Rolling Ball Waterwheel Industrial Clock
Located in Danville, CA
For reference, please see Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks by Derek Roberts, page 72
Onyx, Bronze
Ansonia Pair of Silver 5-Light Candelabra from Aesthetic Movement 19th Century
By Ansonia Clock Company
Located in New York, NY
As President, he is thought to have been largely responsible for the figurine clocks, swing clocks and other unusual and desirable novelties for which the Ansonia firm became known.
Silver, Silver Plate
Blaise Bontems Musical Automaton Singing birds and Clock under glass dome
Located in Leuven , BE
Praised by exhibition jurors as "toys for adults rather than children," Bontems' automatons commanded prices of £12, or £18 for rarer specimens featuring a clock (refer to D. Roberts...
Metal
Bradley & Hubbard John Bull Blinking Eye Novelty Clock
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
Movement is not working, has not been examined Bradley & Hubbard John Bull Blinking Eye Novelty Clock.
Iron
Three Novelty Clocks
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Polished brass electric digital piano clock -1940's-measurements are 9 3/4" long x 6" high x 6" deep-working and keeping time. Leather and gilt world time desk clock dated 1951-9 3...
19th Century French Steam Clock
Located in Bransby, GB
French 19th century novelty clock and barometer in the form of a Watt types steam governor.
Brass
Animated Rabbit Clock, circa 1860, Signed
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very rare unusual and collectable rabbit animated novelty clock, circa 1860, probably Vienna. The clock is cold painted in very realistic colors, the ears moving with a pendulum rhyt...
Iron
Unavailable
H 24.41 in W 23.63 in D 11.82 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Industrial Novelty Compendium Clock
By Bennett of London
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Bennett, 65 & 64 Cheapside, London. The extremely substantial case measuring 62cms (24.5ins) high by 60cms (24ins) wide, surmounted by an Admiralty Pattern anchor with applied ivory...
Bronze, Ormolu
Unavailable
H 11.5 in W 5.25 in D 3.75 in
20th Century German Ferris Wheel Novelty Automaton Brass Carriage Clock
Located in London, Nottinghill
Weight: 1.75 lbs. A German novelty antique ferris wheel brass clock which is a collectable item.
Brass
Novelty Ankle Boot Desk Clock, Late 20th Century
Located in Noorderwijk, BE
This former advertising item or merchandising item is a rare find as they often were discarded at the end of the fashion season. It's a novelty table or desk clock made from a black ...
Leather, Wood
Novelty Artist Palette Clock by Palmtag, Mid-20th Century
By Jacob Palmtag
Located in Noorderwijk, BE
A novelty table or desk clock by German manufacturer Jacob Palmtag.
Brass
Unavailable
H 18.51 in Dm 6.7 in
An Extremely Rare 'Pendule Industrial' in the Shape of a Wind Mill with Automaton, Barometer and 2 Thermometers circa 1880
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
An almost identical 'Pendule Industrial' is part of the permanent collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing and is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue p. 275 and in: Derek Rober...
Bronze
Extremely rare French 'pendule industrial'
Located in HAARLEM, NL
An almost identical 'Pendule Industrial' is part of the permanent collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing and is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue p. 275 and in: Derek Rober...
Marble, Brass
Clock with Singing Bird Automaton by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Bailly "Flights of Fancy" p328 or Roberts "Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks" p215
Metal, Gold Plate, Enamel, Other
Vintage Jerome & Co. Horolovar Flying Pendulum Novelty Clock
Located in Forney, TX
Charles Terwilliger commissioned the German manufacture of this reproduction novelty clock in 1959, which continued until 1979.
Metal
Victorian Advertising Biscuit Tin & Novelty Clock Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
Victorian advertising biscuit tin & novelty clock set. Made for " Victory-V" Lozenges.
Tin
Brass Ship’s Novelty Clock Presented to Captain Tynte F Hammill RN
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A brass ship’s novelty clock presented to Captain Tynte F Hammill RN., in the form of a ship’s wheel set against an anchor and crossed cannon, all raised on cannon ball feet, on a wo...
Brass
Antique Classical Figure Mantle Clock
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Novelty clock made of bronzed metal on the top with scenery, white marble in the middle and bronze on the bottom of the clock.
Marble, Metal, Bronze
A Harding and Bazeley Limited Edition Spherical Weight Clock
By Sinclair Harding
Located in Amersham, GB
This is a novelty clock from the later half of the 20th century, powered by the weight of its twenty four steel ball bearings as they descend around the carousel wheel and are deposi...
Brass, Steel
Automaton Wizard Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
A very similar clock is featured on the back cover of Mystery Novelty Clocks by Derek Roberts, circa 1860 Measures: Clock 26 1/2" high x 13 1/2" wide x 8 5/8" deep Base 36 1/2...
Silver
Rare Eugéne Farcot Maiden on a Swing Boudoir Antique French Clock
By EUGÈNE FARCOT OF PARIS Also known as HENRY EUGÈNE ADRIEN FARCOT (1830-1896)
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
Please note that these are novelty clocks and therefore don't keep exceptionally good time.
Alabaster, Metal
English Novelty Padlock Clock
Located in Newark, England
English novelty desk clock timepiece in the form of a padlock.
Metal, Silver, Brass
Sold
H 24.75 in W 6.5 in D 3.5 in
Antique Hickory Dickory Dock Mouse Novelty Wall Clock, the Mouse Reads Time
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hickory Dickory Dock Mouse Novelty Wall Clock - The Mouse Reads Time While the clock is running, the little mouse is climbing up to the top of the case.
Brass
Unusual Antique Victorian Quality Bronze Novelty Desk Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual Antique Victorian quality bronze novelty desk clock having a quality bronze model of a kangaroo holding a swinging clock with a circular porcelain dial and an ornate brass pe...
Bronze
The Congreve Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed “French Royal Exchange London” across the frieze Circa 1840 Case: 17 5/8" wide x 17 1/2" deep x 24 5/8" high Reference: Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks,1999, by ...
Congreve Clock
By French Royal Exchange London
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed “French Royal Exchange London” across the frieze, circa 1840 Case: 17 5/8" wide x 17 1/2" deep x 24 5/8" high Reference: Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks,1999, by ...
Silver, Brass
French Waterwheel Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
A nearly identical clock is illustrated on page 72 of Mystery, Novelty, and Fantasy Clocks, 1999, by D.
Bronze
French Industrial Battleship Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important clock is pictured on page 256 of Mystery, Novelty, Fantasy Clocks by D.
Bronze
Mystery Clock by Robert Houdin
By Robert Houdin
Located in New Orleans, LA
A brass-toothed wheel fixed to the edge of this and concealed by the bezel is driven by bezel gears running up through one of the supports. Houdin's clocks are featured and discu...
Bronze
French Spherical Weight Mantel Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
All of these traits combined make this mantel (fireplace) clock a functional work of art. This clock is pictured on page 74 of mystery, novelty and fantasy clocks by Derek Roberts...
Brass
French Annular Clock by Leroy & Cie
By LeRoy
Located in New Orleans, LA
References: Les Belles le Plus Pendules Françaises Dans le Monde, 1994, Tardy On Identifying and Appraising Clocks, 1991, Martha Tips Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, 1999, Derek...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
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The French sculptor shaped dense blocks into tactile forms meant to be used and held.
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