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Clocks For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1940s
English Neo-Gothic Grandfather Clock, Payne & Co., 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large tower-shaped grandfather clock with crenellations and openwork tracery windows on the sides, second half of the 19th century. The diamond-shaped window reveals the clock face with Roman numerals, inscribed “Payne 163 New Bond Street”. Payne & Co. were active from 1811-1875. A stylised Gothic portal door...
Category
Late 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Bronze & Marble Figural Clock with Classical Woman 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Bronze & Marble Figural Clock with Classical Woman 19thC
Measures- 19.75"H x 17"W x 7.75"D
Category
19th Century Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French, Gilt and Brass Eiffel Tower Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
A magnificent French antique clock in the style of The Eiffel Tower. It was produced in the late 19th Century as a souvenir to celebrate the build...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
French Gilt Bronze Mounted Marine Themed Automaton Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
French gilt bronze mounted marine themed automaton mantel clock
French, circa 1850
Measures: With glass dome and base height 90 cm, width 70 cm, depth 33 cm
Clock without dome and...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Stunning antique Victorian quality burr walnut mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning antique Victorian quality burr walnut mantle clock, having a quality burr walnut case with carved scrolls, circular dial with Roman numerals ...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Clocks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French musical automaton clock
Located in London, GB
This fine, antique mantel clock is constructed in ebonised wood by the renowned Parisian maker of automata, Xavier Tharin (French, active mid 19th Century). The clock face is set onto a curled, stylized pediment atop the clock case. The face is of white enamel, featuring black Roman numerals and signed 'Tharin a Paris', and is bordered in beaded ormolu. The pediment in which the face is set is decorated with ormolu mounts of stylized acanthus leaf form. The pediment is set onto a rectangular frame of ebonised wood, inside which is set a musical automaton...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Antique Mahogany Wood Longcase Clock "William Fullerton"
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Outstanding craftsmanship and beautifully crafted in mahogany and features numerous details that make this a desirable timepiece. From the hand carved decorated top pediment with its...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
Large Victorian 19th Century Antique Faux Marble Mantel Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large Victorian 19th century antique faux marble mantel clock having a fantastic architectural reeded shaped top with a turned finial and moulded co...
Category
19th Century Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Other
Antique French Sevres Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French 19th century gilded ormolu and pink Sevres porcelain mantel clock. Having monopodia supports, a putti supporti...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Clock Set
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage 19th century marble & dore' bronze clock set is beautifully designed in a Louis XVI motif. The clock features a decorative hand painted round enamel face with Arabic num...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Genuine Unusual Antique Northern Swedish Faux Paint Long Case Clock
Located in Kramfors, SE
Genuine long case clock from Sweden made during the first years of the 19th century, around 1810. The clock is unusual and genuine, from the village ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Clocks
Materials
Pine
French Antique Ormolu Mantle Clock
Located in London, GB
An attractive Parisian mantle clock in the Louis XVI manner
Retailed by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company
Constructed in Carrar...
Category
19th Century English Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Vincenti et Cie Mantel Clock for Bailey, Banks & Biddle
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wooden Mantel Clock
Vincenti et Cie
Late 19th century
The mechanism is marked "Vincenti et Cie, Médaille d'Argent 1855, Made in France." Vincenti et Cie, established in 1823 by Jean Vincenti in Montbéliard, was revitalized by Albert Roux in 1829, who expanded and innovated the company. Under Roux's leadership, the firm continued its Montbéliard operations and opened a store in Paris in 1850 on Rue d'Anjou in the Marais. The company earned a silver medal (Médaille d'Argent) at the 1855 Exposition Universelle, for which this clock bears the mark "Médaille d'Argent, 1855," symbolizing its excellent craftsmanship.
The clock dial is marked Bailey, Banks & Biddle for the oldest nationwide jeweler in America, originally founded in 1832 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company is one of America's most prestigious retailers, known for creating the updated and final version of the Great Seal of the United States as well as the first 40,000 Purple Heart medals...
Category
19th Century French Antique Clocks
Materials
Oak
Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Antique French Clock by Le Roy & Fils
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A magnificent Renaissance style clock by the renown Parisian clockmaking firm of Le Roy &Fils. Beautifully modelled in finely gilded bronze and finely decorated with exquisite polychrome champlevé enamel. The case is formed with an arched swan neck pediment surmounted by a turret with elaborate finial.
To the sides are charming figures of cherubs clutching the baluster turned pillars. A third cherub is seated above the dial. The dial is also gilded bronze with champlevé enamel and is complete with original finely blued steel hands. The clock is decorated in the round with a frosted glass rear door. Please note that this type of clock does not have a glazed bezel to cover the dial.
The French movement is of high quality and is by Vincenti et Cie. It is in excellent clean and running condition having been fully overhauled by our clockmaker. Pendulum is original. It runs for 8 days and strikes the hours and halves on a bell. We have a video of the clock, please ask and we will send you a link.
Condition of the case is excellent, the original gilding is particularly good with only minor wear where the clock has been handled and some light marks and discolouration. The rear most bun feet are missing however the clock sits very well without them. Rear frosted glass has some marks. Enamel is very good.
Established by Basile Charles Le Roy in 1785, the firm of Le Roy et Fils became a well-established and renowned clockmaker. Basile had been Napoleon's master clockmaker, and along with his son Charles-Louis, he worked for Princess Pauline and the Duke de Bourbon as well. Examples of the firm's work are included in all of the major world collections. The firm was located at the Palais Royale from 1785, the year of its founding, through the death of Charles-Louis at Versailles in 1865. A shop was opened in London, in 1854 at 296 Regent Street under the name of Le Roy and Son. The name was later changed to Le Roy and Fils...
Category
19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
19th Century Old Brass Travel Clock, Alarm Clock
Located in Berlin, DE
Old clock, brass case roundherum flanked with polished glass. Digit with Arabic / Roman numerals three pointers. Clockwork should be overtaken. Left glass plate at the lower corner m...
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
Large cherub-themed gilt bronze clock garniture by Popon
By Popon A Paris
Located in London, GB
Large cherub-themed gilt bronze clock garniture by Popon
French, late 19th Century
Clock: Height 68cm, width 63cm, depth 26cm
Candelabra: Height 89cm, ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Tôle, Bronze
19th Century French Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Marble Clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exquisite figural Louis Phillipe style clock with Rosso Levante marble base with gilt and patinated bronze,
Category
19th Century French Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Iron Clock Dial with Hands circa 1825-1850
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful example of an iron clock dial with hands, painted Roman numerals, and motion works, as well as the original counterweight. Probably American in origin, from a tower or bu...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Clocks
Materials
Iron
Antique French Ormolu & Sevres Porcelain 3 Piece Clock Candelabra Garniture 1870
Located in Portland, OR
An outstanding quality antique gilded bronze & Sevres porcelain French 3 piece, 8 day clock garniture with candelabra, by Brocot & Delettrez, Paris, circa 1870.
The clock with an 'egg' shaped urn made of cobalt blue Sevres porcelain with a hand-painted panel with a neo-classical beauty and a cupid, the rear is painted with gilt birds & floral decoration. The urn with gilt bronze handles to the sides held in the mouths of lion's masks, the clock below also with sumptuously decorated with gilded cobalt porcelain panels, the clock dial with black Roman numerals & is finely painted with two horses and a chariot with a putti falling out of the chariot. The clock has two winding arbors one for the 8 day time wind the other for a chime, the clock chimes the hours on a soft delicate sounding bell, the clock is in full working order and was recently professionally cleaned.
The clock is complemented with a pair of gilt bronze & cobalt blue Sevres porcelain four branch vasiform candelabras, decorated with oval panels to the front with putti & Neoclassical maidens, the back panels finely painted with birds, each candelabra is in two sections and raised on gilt bronze bases with corbel brackets & acanthus leaf feet.
The bronze casting is very likely by the Barbedienne Foundry in Paris, as the quality is outstanding, the clock is stamped "BD" for Achille Brocot (1817-1878) and Jean-Baptiste Delettrez (1816-1887), they were two of the most important French clock makers of the mid to late 19th century, please see some biography below.
The clock is mechanically & cosmetically in excellent condition, and was recently overhauled by a clock-smith, the porcelain & ormolu are also in excellent condition, one of the very best investment quality gilt-bronze & Sevres porcelain clock garnitures by the top French makers of the period, circa 1870.
This garniture will be professionally crated for shipping.
Delettrez and Achille Brocot, son of the respected clockmaker Louis-Gabriel Brocot, established the clockmaking company "Brocot et Delettrez" in Paris on 20 October 1851, with premises at 62 Rue Charlot Paris. Jean-Baptiste Delettrez worked alongside Achille Brocot for several years and their clock movements are considered to be the most effective made during the late 19th century. Their specialty was a range of clocks based on the innovations of Brocot père and his other son Antoine, but generally of Achille's greatly advanced original design, some having a unique single-arm double-wheel escapement, some having a temperature-compensated pendulum, some having two dials, one of which showed the time and the other which showed a calendar and often other information such as phases of the moon, times of sunrise & sunset in Paris, etc. The firm was awarded a 1st class prize at the Paris World Exposition of 1857 for a commercial clock...
Category
1870s French Belle Époque Antique Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Month-Going Regulator Clock by Deshays à Paris
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Louis-Philippe-period month-going longcase regulator clock is an exceptional example of French clockmaking, and its complicated mechanism marks several different aspects of passing time. Crafted by Deshays à Paris, the timepiece displays sleek silvered steel dials that indicate the time, date, month, equation of time...
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Clocks
Materials
Steel
Rare Gilt-bronze French Empire Charles X Sunflower Mantel Clock
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Gilt and patinated bronze. The original movement has been cleaned and revised and is in perfect working condition (runs for around one week). Overall authentic condition with its ori...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Large 19th Century Bronze Cherub Mantel Clock
By Charles Du Tertre 1
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully impressive 19th century Louis XVI style Cherub mantel clock with maps and a globe above a white enamel clock face, the eight day hou...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Johann Wien 90 Day Regulator Clock
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th century hand carved oak case with carved capitals on full length waist columns and bracket feet, 90 day brass time only movement with deadbeat escapement and maintaining power t...
Category
1880s German Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
Antique Louis XVI Style Marble, Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This clock set is a remarkable antique, which is not only a brilliant piece of technical design—serving as a fully-functioning timepiece—but is also an exceptional work of sculpture....
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Magnificent French 19th Century Mantel Clock, Victor Paillard, Paris
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A magnificent 19th century bronze mantel clock depicting allegorical figures representing Geography and literature. The white enamel clock face, Roman numerals, an eight day duration...
Category
19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze & Black Marble Figural Mantel Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Immerse yourself in the opulence of the 19th century with this exceptional French Bronze and Black Marble Figural Mantel Clock. Crafted with meticulous artistry, this clock stands as a testament to an era where beauty, design, and function converged in breathtaking harmony. The distinguished bronze and black marble case...
Category
Late 19th Century French Edwardian Antique Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
English Masonic Oak Tall Case Clock H. Peach. Circa 1820
By H. Peach
Located in Charleston, SC
English Oak Masonic tall case clock with brass Eagle finial over broken pediment, arched bonnet, fluted brass hood columns with upper secret drawer,...
Category
1820s English George III Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
19th century Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Clock by "Miroy Frères"
By Miroy Frères
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite 19th-century gilt bronze and porcelain clock is a stunning example of French decorative arts. The clock features a charming cherub figure, complete with expressive fac...
Category
19th Century French Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
French Empire Style Mantel Clock, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and stylish early 19th Century gilded ormolu and green marble mantle clock, having two classical maidens either side feeding Rams, an Eagle above the circular white...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Mantel Clock by Grant, Black Forest Type Design
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Mantel clock by Grant.
An unusual mantel clock with the heavy bronze case in the form of a log cabin. The clock workings by John Grant, Fleet St...
Category
1820s British Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Rococo Bronze Wall Clock by L.P. Japy 19th Century Louis XV Style
By L.P. Japy & Cie
Located in Sweden, SE
Made by renowned Japy manufacturers in 1878-1885 period in gracious and elegant way. The Louis XV style of architecture and decorative arts appeared during the reign of Louis XV. Fro...
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock with Portrait Plaque of Molière 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique French gilt bronze mantel clock with Bleu Celeste porcelain panels in the Sevres manner, circa 1860 in date.
The case crowned with two cherubs holding laurels one holding a mask emblematic of theatre, flanking an oval Bleu Celeste porcelain panel of the playwright Molière .
The base decorated with ormolu flowers is raised on turned feet and inset with Sevres plaques decorated with cherubs.
The circular dial has Roman and Arabic numerals and the clock has an 8 day striking movement complete with count wheel strike and bell, stamped with Miroy Freres...
Category
1860s French Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Clock by H Koudebine, Paris with Figural Bronze by Charles Anfrie
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional presentation of a beautiful bronze sitting on top of a plateau of griotte
marble, 19th century. The clock face is enamel with floral and foliate paintings surrounding the
numeral. Bronze doré mounts decorate this lovely base. Toupee feet support the
clock. The bronze which stands on top is by Charles Anfrie...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Fine Ormolu and Marble Cherub Clock Set by H Luppens Paris
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A large and magnificent clock set by the renown bronze founder H Luppens of Brussels. Classically modelled in the Louis XVI style, the clock features three ormolu cherubs toiling to ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Japy Freres Antique French Ormolu Rococo Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning original antique French Rococo clock by Japy Frères. It is beautifully sculptured with finely finished scrolls, curves and acanthus leaves in finely gilded bronze. To the ...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Provincial Grandfather Clock, Circa 1870-1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French provincial grandfather clock, circa 1870-1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Clocks
Materials
Wood
Antique Swedish Rococo Long Case Clock, with Original Clockwork
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish classic Rococo long case clock from the first half of the 19th century, circa 1820-1830. The clock has a good size and the clas...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Clocks
Materials
Pine
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
19th Century French Napoleon III Mother of Pearl Inlay and Painted Wall Clock
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful antique wall hanging clock was crafted in France circa 1870; oval in shape, the time keeper has a two-tone black and wood painted around the perimeter, the time keeper ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Clocks
Materials
Enamel
Empire Clock, "Cupid & Psyche"
Located in Atlanta, GA
A superb gilt and patinated bronze Empire clock. Rouge griotte marble.
Signed bled a Paris. Silk thread suspension. France, circa 1804
Dimensions: Height 32" x width 21" x depth 11...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Rare Monumental Marble and Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Jules Graux of Paris
Located in London, GB
An Exhibition Quality Garniture de Cheminée
By Jules Graux of Paris
Of important size and supreme quality, the mantle clock constructed from white Carr...
Category
19th Century French Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Ormolu, Bronze, Brass
Rare and large ormolu mounted malachite mantel clock signed Manière
Located in London, GB
Rare and large ormolu mounted malachite mantel clock signed Manière
French, 19th Century
Height 60cm, width 35.5cm, depth 13cm
With an enamel dial signed 'Maniére / A Paris', th...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Enamel, Ormolu
An Gilt Bronze and Chased Cartel, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An gilt bronze and chased cartel, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
An gilt bronze cartel from the 19th century, Napoleon III period, decorated with a knot and a cornucopia.
H: 89...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Regency Mahogany Tall Case Clock By W. Ashford, London
Located in Essex, MA
With arched bonnet with brass finials over a convex glass bezel opening to a steel clock face. Newly cleaned and put in ready to go condition. The case with pendulum door. Weights, k...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century Marble Mantel Clock in French Empire Style
Located in New York, NY
Antique mantel clock in the French Empire style with variegated white and charcoal marble case with hand-craved white marble neoclassical appliques...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique George III quality carved oak brass face longcase clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique George III quality carved oak brass face long case clock having a quality George III long case clock in a wonderful carved oak case ...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Clocks
Materials
Brass
Tiffany & Co. Antique Victorian Bronze Ornately Cast Figural Wall Clock
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Signed Tiffany & Co. antique Victorian solid bronze French wall clock with an elaborate figural cast bronze case depicting at the top, a maiden holding a wreath from an outstretched hand, and a trumpet in the other. Under the clock's movement itself is a very well executed bronze depiction of Bacchus. Surrounding and accenting these two central sculptural elements to this clock case are a series of finely detailed leaf and vine motif decorations. The French chiming clock...
Category
Mid-19th Century French High Victorian Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Mantle Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French metal mantle clock with ‘Boiscontier a Paris Rue De Caumartin’ printed on its face. The crest is a basket with elaborate foliate motif over a symme...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Clocks
Materials
Metal
Tall Case Amsterdam Clock, Signed Pieter Verlaer, circa 1840-1860
Located in Miami, FL
Tall case Amsterdam clock.
Signed Pieter Verlaer,
Dutch, circa 1840-1860.
walnut and burled walnut.
Clock has an amazing dial with three ships that mov...
Category
19th Century Dutch Rococo Revival Antique Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Late Edo Period 19th Century Japanese Pillar Clock, Shaku-Dokei, C. 1820
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Elegant Japanese pillar clock, 'SHAKU-DOKEI', c. 1820
The very fine 30-hour, weight-driven movement is constructed between bars and consists ...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Clocks
Materials
Hardwood
French White Marble Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
French white marble ‘Pendule D’Officier’ style mantel clock standing on turned toupie feet with applied ormolu mounts with stepped break arch pediment surmounted by a gilded laurel w...
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1860s French Victorian Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Napoleon III Hand Painted Wall Clock with Hunt Scene
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique clock was crafted in France, circa 1870, the black and gilt wall time keeper depicts a hand painted bird hunting scene at the top under the original glass door. ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Clocks
Materials
Iron, Brass
French Gilded & Champleve Clock Garniture
Located in Newark, England
Fine French late 19th century three-piece clock garniture comprising of a pair of candle sticks and clock in a matching set. The garniture boldly cast with rococo influence in the Lo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Clocks
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Framed German Black Forest 19th Century Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Although this German Black Forest 19th century framed clock no longer works, the beauty of its composition gives it another life as a w...
Category
19th Century German Other Antique Clocks
Materials
Metal
Large Quality Victorian Marble Mantle Clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large quality antique Victorian marble mantle clock having a quality ornate marble case with a circular brass dial, original hands with a eight...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass
art deco table clock, Bayard brand, works.
By Bayard
Located in Mouscron, WHT
art deco table clock, Bayard brand, works.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Clocks
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Three Piece Sèvres Style Clock Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Three Piece Cobalt Blue Sèvres Style Clock Set
Comprising: a round clock with a final with two birds; a pair of five-light candleabra with sc...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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.
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On 1stDibs, find a range of extraordinary antique and vintage clocks today.