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Clocks For Sale
French Louis XVI Marble & Bronze Mantle Clock
By Mellet Hger du Roi
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) white marble mantle clock with gilt bronze trim and a pediment with a wreath & arrows. (Clock face signed: HGER DU ROI, PARIS) (Not working)
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1897 American Waltham 14K Gold Seaside 7J 6s Pocket Watch & Chain
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 1897 Waltham hunting style gold pocket watch. Movement - American Waltham Watch Company - Safety Barrel - 8119314 - Grade Seaside - Model 1890 - 6s - 7 jewels. White face wi...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Clocks
Materials
Gold
$2,100 Sale Price
30% Off
Monumental Rocaille Gilt-Bronze Mantel Garniture – France, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Elegant Rocaille gilt-bronze mantel garniture, finely chased and gilded with fire-gilt, crafted in France in the 19th century. The set comprises a central clock and a pair of matchin...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Fine Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock Set
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning antique French ormolu clock set, circa 1870, mounted with exquisite Sèvres style porcelain with Rose Pompadour pink ground. Pan...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Cartier Paris 1920 Art Deco Chinoiserie 18kt Desk Clock in Nephrite Jade Enamel
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
A desk clock designed by Cartier.
An impressive and beautiful desk clock, created in Paris France by the house of Cartier, during the art deco period, back in the 1920. This stunning rare piece has been designed with Chinoiserie patterns and carefully crafted up with parts in yellow gold of 18 karats and carved nephrite green jadeite jade. Accented with applications of navy blue enamel and fitted on top, with a hinged retractable handle.
The movement is mechanical It is accompanied with the associated original key for the winding. The dial is silver with guilloche, Roman numerals with gold hands and inscribed, Cartier.
Weight: 320.95 Grams, (205.74 Dwt).
Measurements: 69 mm by 31 mm by 78 mm (2.72 x 1.22 x 3.07 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with French marks, five times with the head of the eagle for the assay and guaranty of the gold, two times with the maker's mark JM inside of a lozange cartouche and signed on the reverse, "CARTIER 1649".
Literature: Olivier Bachet & Alain Cartier, Cartier Exceptional...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Clocks
Materials
Jade, Gold, Silver, Enamel
$26,250 Sale Price
30% Off
Late 19th Century Tiger Oak Horner Tall Case Grandfather Clock Elliot Movement
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Late 19th Century Tiger Oak Horner Tall Case Grandfather Clock Elliot Movement
Dimensions : 24" Wide X 17.5" Deep X 105.25" Tall
This stunning Grandfather clock was made in the lat...
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
Retro mechanical alarm clock PRIM, Czechoslovakia, 1970s.
Located in Praha, CZ
Mechanical alarm clock PRIM B70 in Brussels style, typical of the 1970s. It is made of plastic, has a red dial with luminescent numbers and hands. The alarm clock works on a mechani...
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal
Black Industrial Factory Wall Clock from International, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This wall clock was produced by International in Germany during the 1950s. It features a black metal frame, iron dial, aluminium hands and a clear glass cover. The piece has been con...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Clocks
Materials
Iron
Mantel Clock With Marble Base From the Turn of the Centuries
Located in Opole, PL
Mantel Clock With Marble Base From the Turn of the Centuries
The case with a hinged glass door, adorned with the figures of two seated women holding baskets of fruits, mounted on a ...
Category
Late 19th Century European Art Deco Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble
$1,433 Sale Price
20% Off
Post-Modern Desk Clock by Michael Graves
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice post-modern desk clock by Michael Graves, circa the 1980s. The clock is in good vintage condition and measures 4"W x 2.5"D x 5.25"H. It is Quartz alarm clock made in Taiwan t...
Category
Late 20th Century Taiwanese Post-Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
Fine Napoleon III Bronze Dore Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
A beautifully detailed 19th century bronze dore clock with the figure of cupid on the top.
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Ansonia Black Mantel Clock with Bronze Coated Columns and Claw Feet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Ansonia Empire Black Enameled Metal Mantel Clock with Bronze Coated Cast Iron Columns, Beveled Glass Door, Scrolling Detail, and Claw Feet. Circa Late 19th Century. Measureme...
Category
Late 19th Century Empire Antique Clocks
Materials
Metal, Iron
Large Mystery Brass Lady Gloria 8 Day 4" Cobalt Blue Ball Swinging Clock
Located in Danville, CA
MYSTERY GLORIA 4" COBALT BLUE BALL MARBLE SWINGING CLOCK
Here is a nice mystery cobalt blue 4" ball swinger clock. While the clock is running, the clock...
Category
1990s Clocks
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Gaetano Pesce Watch Me Clock L Yellow Lime Turquoise
Located in barasso, IT
Watch me clock - clear yellow, matt lime, matt turquoise.
Clock in hard resin designed by Gaetano Pesce for Fish Design collection.
Color: clear yellow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Clocks
Materials
Resin
Industrial Office Wall Clock from Pragotron, 1970s
By Pragotron
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Pragotron PPH 413 is a type of indoor secondary clock. Was produced during the 1970s in former Czechoslovakia. Clock face with white plastic numerals is made from aluminum. Diameter ...
Category
1970s Czech Industrial Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal
Louis XVI Ormolu Cartel Clock
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The circular glazed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, set within a pierced case with ribbon-tied fruiting laurel trails, each side with a ram’s mask capped pilaster, ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$10,500 Sale Price
40% Off
Important Five Pieces Marble and Gilded Bronze Clock Set, France, Circa 1860
By Henri Picard
Located in PARIS, FR
Marked on the dial Furet & Bon, Hrs du Roy, à Paris
Measures: Clock – Height 98 cm (38 1/2 in.), width 70 cm (27 1/2 in.), depth 25 cm (9 3/4 in.)
Candelabra – Height 116 cm ...
Category
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Early Industrial Cast Iron Gents of Leicester Factory Wall Clock, c.1915
Located in London, GB
Large cast iron factory clock manufactured by renowned electrical company Gents of Leicester. c.1915
An earlier iteration of this model of clock, the dial has developed a wonderful ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Clocks
Materials
Iron
Late 19th Century French Bronze Mantel Clock with Lion Handles
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th Century French bronze bracket mantel clock with an urn formed final mount. Raised enamel roman numeral dial and lion handles resting on cabriole legs and paw feet. The ela...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Clock, Model "Feuille d'Or - Caravelle", Swiss 1965
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos Feuille d'or Motif Caravelle
Switzerland
Brass gold plated
Year of manufacture 1965
Dimensions: H x W x D: 22 x 18 x 13.5 cm
Description:
Atmos clock cali...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Brass
Antique Hand-Painted Porcelain “La Layon” Mantel Clock by Royal Bonn for Ansonia
By Royal Bonn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
A beautifully executed mid-19th century mantel clock by the esteemed Ansonia Clock Company, featuring the “La Layon” model in collaboration with Royal Bonn, one of Germany’s most cel...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mid Century French Degon Rouen Brass Nautical Maritime Ship Bulkhead Clock 7"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid Century French Degon Rouen ship's clock. Wall mounted brass case with painted face, Roman numerals, copper hands, fronted with thick glass. Works numbered 6 56 005042. Made in F...
Category
1950s Vintage Clocks
Materials
Brass
$700 Sale Price
30% Off
Glasgow School Patinated Brass Clock with Mother-Of-Pearl Inlaid Square Details
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts Glasgow School Patinated Brass Clock with Mother-Of-Pearl Inlaid Square Details and whiplash handles to the sides.
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Clocks
Materials
Metal
VACHET Paris 1910 Edwardian Miniature Enameled Guilloché Clock In .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A miniature travel clock designed by R. Vachet Paris.
Exceptional and very rare miniature travel-carriage clock, made in Paris France at the atelier of R. Vachet. This fabulous litt...
Category
1910s French Edwardian Vintage Clocks
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Lawson Art Deco Copper Clock in Working Order
By Lawson Time Inc.
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice art deco Lawson clock in copper n working order. Nice early digital display with rolling cylinders. The clock has been keeping good time f...
Category
1930s American Vintage Clocks
Materials
Copper
Louis XVI Style Bronze and Marble Garniture Set with Clock & Candelabras
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze and White Marble Three Piece Clock Set, late 19th century, comprising a globe clock, with strike on bell timepiece movement, supported by th...
Category
Late 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze, Ormolu
$3,250 Sale Price / set
29% Off
Mora Clock
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
Swedish Mora clock dated 1870 with hand painted Swedish floral details. Inscription inside the clock and initial of clock maker: APL and vilage of Mora. Working Longcase clock mechan...
Category
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Clocks
Materials
Wood
$2,500
A Continental Arts & Crafts Oak Mantle Clock with Carved Stylised Glasgow Roses
Located in London, GB
A Continental Secession style Arts & Crafts oak mantle clock stepped top a silvered dial behind a full length door with bevelled glass flanked by two pairs ...
Category
Early 1900s European Vienna Secession Antique Clocks
Materials
Oak
Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Mantlepiece Clock by Sterling Bronze Co.
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Mantlepiece Clock by Sterling Bronze Co. originates from the United States, Circa 1900. This clock is a fine example of Neoclassical design, fe...
Category
Early 1900s American Neoclassical Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Very Large Ormolu Marble Regulator Calendar Mantle Clock Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Very Large Ormolu Marble Regulator Calendar Mantle Clock Barbedienne
French, Late 19th Century
Height 121cm, width 64cm, depth 28cm
Expertly produced in France during the final de...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
Industrial Bakelite Factory Wall Clock from Pragotron, 1960s
By Pragotron
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This wall clock was produced by Pragotron in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. It features a brown bakelite frame, a plastic dial, an aluminium hands and a convex clear glass ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Clocks
Materials
Glass, Bakelite
Black Forest Walnut Bird Mantel Clock
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Black Forest (19th Century) walnut carved mantel clock with 1 large bird and several small chicks within a floral environment. (Not working)
Category
19th Century European Black Forest Antique Clocks
Materials
Glass, Walnut
French 19th Century Napoleon III Mother of Pearl Inlay Wall Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 19th century clock is stunning with its diamond-shaped, rippling clock frame of ebony-painted wood. Mother-of-pearl floral and foliate designs are inlaid in the stained mahogany...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
Thomas Pringle Mahogany Case 8-Day Tall Clock, Dalkeith, Scotland, circa 1830’s
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of an 8-day tall clock in mahogany case made by Thomas Pringle, Scottish clockmaker, active 1830-1836. This beautiful tall case clock features a swan’s neck split pediment with foliate carved decoration, gilt foliate rosettes, and a center eagle finial on the hood, with an arched glass...
Category
1830s Scottish Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
George Nelson Mid Century Ball Clock in Brass and Wood
Located in Weesp, NL
Interestingly, while nearly all of the designs that came out of George’s studio were attributed to him, many were actually designed by him and his team. Some were even designed solely by someone else working at the studio.
Nelson famously recounted the story of how the Ball Clock came to life in an interview decades after it’s release:
“It was one of the really funny evenings. Noguchi came by, Bucky Fuller came by, and here was Irving, and here was I, and Noguchi - who can’t keep his hands off anything - he saw we were working on clocks and started making doodles. Then Bucky sort of brushed Isamu aside. He said, ‘This is a good way to do a clock’ and made some utterly absurd thing. Everybody was taking a crack at this, pushing each other aside and making scribbles. At some point we left – we were suddenly all tired, and we’d had a little bit too much to drink – and the next morning I came back, and here was this roll of paper, and Irving and I looked at it, and somewhere in this roll, there was a ball clock. I don’t know to this day who cooked it up.”
Nevertheless, whoever it was that came up with George Nelson’s designs, it’s almost certain that they would never have come to fruition if it wasn’t for George’s vision and forward-thinking approach.
Can you tell me more about his clocks?
George’s clocks were one of his most impressive bodies of work. In total, he and his team designed over 130 clocks in just three decades.
While it is widely accepted that Irving Harper was the lead designer for the Howard Miller Clock Company at George Nelson Associates, the collection arose after two insightful observations from George: one, that people no longer used the numbers to tell the time; and two, that since most people now used their wristwatch to tell the time, interior clocks were now free to become more decorative in nature.
The clocks were designed and released in batches of 8 and were initially only given numbers for names. The Sunflower Clock was simply ‘Clock 2261’, the Flock of Butterflies Clock was 'Clock 2226’, and so on.
The Ball was the first clock designed by George and his team and it was followed shortly after by the Star, Sunburst, Spindle, Asterisk, Turbine, Flock of Butterflies, Eye and others. The clocks were purposefully abstract and were designed to complement the modernist furniture emerging at the time.
As well as wall clocks, George’s studio also produced a series of desk clocks during that time, most notably the bubble-shaped Night Desk...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Brass
Wai Hing Clocks Co. Chinoiserie Lacquer German Tempus Fugit Grandfather Clock
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Wai Hing Clocks Co. Chinossorie Black Lacquer Hand-Painted Mother of Pearl inlaid German Movement Tempus Fugit Grandfather Clock
This black lacquer grandfather clock...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Clocks
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Late 18th Century Irish Mahogany Tallcase Clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 18th Century Irish Mahogany Tallcase Clock with Steel & Brass Face, Signed Alex Gorden, Dublin
Category
18th Century European Antique Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
CARTIER Paris 1909 Belle Epoque Enamel Repeater Carriage Clock In Sterling Agate
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
Belle époque quarter hour repeater carriage clock designed by Cartier.
This luxurious and very rare table clock is the essence of Art Deco style. A very important and magnificent ca...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Clocks
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver, Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$41,265 Sale Price
30% Off
Wall Clock by Atlanta Electric
Located in München, DE
Wonderful brass wall clock from the 1950s.
Charming design from Atlanta Electric and superbly crafted.
Manufacturer: Atlanta Electric
Around 1950
Condition:
Very good vintage con...
Category
1950s German Art Deco Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal
Antique Smith 8-Day Shipboard Clock
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A brass circular base with a central inset hinged glass panel that reveals a white metal face with black enameled Roman numerals hours and Arabic numerals seconds. The clock lacks a ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Clocks
Materials
Brass
Venini Clessidra Hourglass in Sapphire Cipria Pink Murano Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Clessidra hourglass in amber murano glass by Paolo Venini and Fulvio Bianconi. Little grains of sand, impalpable and unnoticeable as a whole yet so real, like time ticking away. In 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Brown Bakelite Wall Clock by Gents of Leicester, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Wall clock produced by Gents of Leicester in England during the 1950s. It features a brown bakelite frame, an iron dial, an aluminium hands and a clear glass cover. The piece has bee...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Clocks
Materials
Iron
Postmodern Striped Mirror Glass Black & White Wall Clock, 1980s, England
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful post-modern Memphis-style vintage wall clock from the 1980s, made in England. It features a two-tone mirrored glass face with fine black pinstripes — the left side in a d...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Plastic
German Art Deco Beige Wall Clock with Black Numerals by Welby
By Welby Clock Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Welby wall clock with beige enameled metal frame, silver clock face, and black numerals (ca. late 1940s/early 1950s, Germany).
Blending Art Deco with early atomic/Mid-Century design,...
Category
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal
CYMA WATCH COMPANY - Vintage Alarm Clock - 11 Jewels - Swiss Made - Circa 1950's
Located in Chatham, ON
CYMA WATCH COMPANY - Brass alarm clock - Swiss made - circa 1950's. Features include - manual wind - alarm stop on top and back - 11 jewels - separ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Empire Portal Clock, France, Early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Portal clock on a rectangular, stepped base in mahogany veneered with small bun feet. The stepped architrave is supported by four smooth columns, the capi...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$3,631 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Egyptian Revival Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
Antique (late 19th century) Egyptian Revival period French empire style mantel clock in bronze with dark brown patina, retailed at Brown and Rogers of Providence, Rhode Island.
Category
Late 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Boulle Clock
Located in New York, NY
Important French Boulle and ormolu table clock with all-over brass inlay. Face inset with numbers on enamel plaques. Top surmounted by winged figure with...
Category
19th Century French Antique Clocks
$9,800
1970s Orange Flip Clock by Sankyo – Space Age Design Sculptural Desk Clock
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
This 1970s flip clock by Sankyo is a vibrant example of Japanese Space Age design. Crafted in Japan, the clock features a glossy orange plastic casing ...
Category
1970s Japanese Space Age Vintage Clocks
Materials
Plastic
Outstanding quality antique Victorian mahogany bracket clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian mahogany bracket clock, having a quality antique Victorian mahogany bracket clock with a ogee top with beautiful scroll and leaf carving detail...
Category
19th Century British Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Neoclassical Volkstedt-Rudolstadt, Bisque Clock the Three Graces
Located in New York, NY
A exquisite and monumental 19th century German bisque porcelain mantel clock depicting the Three Graces. This impressive late 19th-centur...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Industrial Double Sided Bakelite Gents of Leicester Hanging Clock, c1940
Located in London, GB
A double-sided industrial clock made in England by Gents of Leicester. c.1940
12" dials with Bakelite housing, conjoined back to back with metal plate. Gents' iconic hands run on ...
Category
1940s English Industrial Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal
Wall Clock in Black Glazed Wooden Case, 1890s
Located in Opole, PL
Wall Clock in Black Glazed Wooden Case, 1890s
A wall clock housed in a wooden, glass-fronted case. The case is painted black and remains unrestored. The dial is enameled, and the pe...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,624 Sale Price
24% Off
Imperial Italian Louis XV Style Mantel Clock
By Imperial Clock Company
Located in Augusta, GA
Imperial mantle clock
Made in Italy circa 1970s
Made of brass and vibrant blue enamel
Original key included
Beautiful details
Category
1970s Italian Louis XV Vintage Clocks
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Swedish Mora clock have carving and elegant lyre-form case
Located in Charlottesville, VA
An early 19th century Swedish Mora clock with elegant lyre-form case, richly carved crest and floral medallions, and a deeply scalloped skirt base. Retaining its original salmon-hued...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Clocks
Materials
Wood
Vienna Secession Clock by Bertold Loffler and Anton Kling
By Bertold Löffler
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Literature: MAK, Vienna, Photographic Archive of the Wiener Werkstätte, inventory no. WWF 89-28-3, WWF 112-39-2 (two decor variants, attrbuted to Anton Kling); Arlt, Weilinger, Wiene...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal
Beautiful large original 1960s brass sunburst wall clock by Junghans ATO-MAT
Located in München, DE
Beautiful, large, original 1960s brass sunburst wall clock by Junghans ATO-MAT.
Very beautiful, elaborate mid-century design. Battery-operated with a new clock mechanism.
Dial with R...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Malachite Veneered Mantel Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional antique (late 19th century) mantel clock with movement by Japy Freres.
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clocks
Materials
Machiche
Swedish Mora Clock Turquoise Early 1800s Rydberg Antique
Located in Lewes, England
Decorative early 1800s antique Swedish mora clock in later turquoise paint and gold detail and fan detail on the base.
Measures: 212cm.
This original 1800s mora clock has a good ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Early Victorian Antique Clocks
Materials
Pine
$3,019 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Kundo GMT World Time Zone Brass Table Clock, Kieninger & Obergfell, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
An impressive and large Mid-Century Modernist brass desk or table clock with a 9“ diameter world map clocks face and world time zones. Executed in the 1960s by Kieninger & Obergfell ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Vintage and Antique Clocks for Sale: Find Unique Wall Clocks, Decorative Table Clocks and Grandfather Clocks on 1stDibs
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.
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