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Clocks For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1930s
Huge Industrial Illuminated Double Sided Gents of Leicester Railway Clock. c1930
Located in London, GB
An incredible and large illuminated double faced wall clock made in England by Gents of Leicester. c.1930
Double sided wall mounted in fantastic condition in old dark blue paint. Ge...
Category
1930s English Industrial Vintage Clocks
Materials
Steel
Vintage George Nelson & Associates Metal Spoke Wall Clock for Howard Miller
Located in Raleigh, NC
Mid-Century Modern wall clock designed by George Nelson & Associates for Howard Miller Clock Company. Produced in 1955, this piece was named the 'Spoke' clock model no. 2227. Operate...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel
CARTIER 1935 Art Deco Lady Concealed Watch Purse Tools In 14Kt Yellow Gold
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
Multi-tools lady concealed pocket-watch designed by Cartier.
This is a very rare multi-tools pocket piece for ladies, created by the French jewelry house of Cartier, back in the 193...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Clocks
Materials
Gold
$7,595 Sale Price
30% Off
Imhof Midcentury Gilt Desk Clock and Weather Compendium
By Arthur Imhof
Located in London, GB
A midcentury gilt desk clock and weather compendium by Imhof. A stunning vintage timepiece that captures the elegance and style of midcentury design...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Chrome 8 Day Skyscraper Desk Clock By Asprey, England, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Made by the iconic British Luxury Brand, Asprey. This is a genuine Art Deco period desk clock. Comes in a highly polished chrome finish. It has a Swiss 8 day movement and is in worki...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Roger Capron Wall Mounted Ceramic Clock, circa 1960
By Roger Capron
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Roger Capron wall mounted ceramic clock, circa 1960.
By Roger Capron, signed. (France).
In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful pa...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Ceramic
Arne Hovmand-Olsen Grandfather Clock 1965 in Teak
Located in Handewitt, DE
Arne Hovmand-Olsen, conical shaped Grandfarher clock 1965. With brass hands and brass hour marks. Inside with shelfes. Made in teak.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Junghans Mid-Century Golden Sunburst Brass Table Desk Clock, Germany, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A wonderful Atomic Starburst Hollywood Regency table or desk clock from the 1950s, executed by Junghans Germany. The clock has a beautiful withe and pastel yellow clocks face with go...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Hollywood Regency Clocks
Materials
Brass
A Rhodium Plated Jaeger Le Atmos Clock Rare Bell-Jar Model Atmos Clock Ca 1950's
Located in London, GB
A Rare 519 Cal Rhodium Plated 1950's Jaeger Le Coultre Bell-Jar Model Swiss Atmos Clock With A Silvered Dial,
Made circa 1950 Size: 10 “ x 9” x 7”. by Le Coutre, this atmos clock...
Category
Mid-20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Diminutive Art Deco "blue" Neon Spinner Clock.
By Neon Clock Sales Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Diminutive Art Deco "blue" Neon Spinner Clock. . You don't see this size very often.. Wonderful clock,, All original,, working and keeping perfect time.....
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Stylish French Marble Clock, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very visually appealing Art Deco clock. Originates from France and dates to the 1930's this clock ticks all the boxes ( pun intended ) that admirers of...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Art Deco Smiths Sectric Rose Glass Mirror Electric Mantle Clock, English, C1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this Rose glass with cut glass markings interspersed with chrome raised markers Art Deco Clock. Remarkable condition for it's age is this totally authentic ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Large English 1930s Pink Glass and Mirror Mantle Clock
Located in Devon, England
In what can only be described as remarkable condition for it's age is this totally authentic 1930s Art Deco Mirror clock which originates from En...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Mid-Century Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye Measured Time Clock and Timer
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Noguchi's first mass-produced design, completed circa 1932, predating his design for the "Radio Nurse" baby monitor by about five years. Produced...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal
Big Kienzle Weltzeituhr Modernist Table World Timer Zone Clock, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
Kienzle automatic world timer zone clock.
An exclusive big table clock from Ø 26 cm wonderful clocks face with world map and world time zones, glass, the heavy case & base are of sol...
Category
1960s German Art Deco Vintage Clocks
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Modernist 1930s Chrome and Bakelite Clock
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very stylish modernist English electric clock. These clocks are becoming increasingly hard to source so we were delighted to have found this one. Datin...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Swiss Modern Golden Brass 8-Days Movement Desk Clock by LeCoultre
By Jaeger-LeCoultre, LeCoultre & Cie 1
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid-20th Century Modern golden brass 8-days movement desk clock by Jaeger-LeCoultre, Switzerland
By: Jaeger-LeCoultre
Material: brass, copper, zinc, metal, glass, crystal
Technique:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass, Copper, Zinc
Art Deco English 8 Day Walnut Wall Clock, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this large sized Art Deco Walnut wall clock, English, circa 1930, fully serviced and keeping good time. The dial is made up of book paged figured walnut cen...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Large Industrial Double Sided Railway or Factory Clock from Pragotron, 1960s
By Pragotron
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This large double sided railway or factory clock was produced by Pragotron, in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. The piece features a grey metal body and a clear glass cover. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Clocks
Materials
Iron
1940's American Paint Decorated Grandmother's/Pencil Clock
By Colonial Furniture Company
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., USA, a paint decorated Grandmother's/Pencil clock with the dial marked "Colonial", circa 1940, Colonial Manufacturing Co., Zeeland, Michigan. Hand painted in Adams style with floral designs and a Colonial scene on the central cartouche. The front door opens to reveal a storage space for umbrellas, walking sticks and the like. This is a whimsical, fun and useful decorative piece.
Colonial Manufacturing Company...
Category
1940s American American Colonial Vintage Clocks
Materials
Wood, Paint
ZENITH 1930 Art Deco French Enameled Travel-Purse Watch In .900 Sterling Silver
By Zenith
Located in Miami, FL
A travel-purse watch designed by Zenith France.
This is a beautiful and very rare travel-purse watch, created during the art deco period by the Swiss watchmakers company of Zenith,...
Category
1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Clocks
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Steel
$6,265 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Art Deco Mantel Clock
Located in San Diego, CA
Elegant vintage Art Deco mantel clock with a German Hermie movement, circa 1950s. The clock is in very good vintage condition and holds a...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Glass, Wood
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Mechanical Atlanta Wall Clock with 10 Days Movement and with Gong
Located in München, DE
Original mechanical midcentury Atlanta wall clock. With a 10-day clockwork and gong beat: every half and each full hour. Clockwork fully functional and accurate.
Very nice and elabo...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Chinese Canton Automaton Acrobat Musical Pagoda Waterfall Bracket Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Fine Canton Workshop Chinese Automaton Acrobatic Figure Musical Pagoda Bracket Clock
Here for your consideration is a large Chinese Canton bracket clock. The gorgeous hardwood case is decorated with beautiful brass casting applications. There is a large Chinese pagoda on the top to make the appearance of this clock even more impressive. The Roman numeral dial is made of porcelain without any cracks or hairlines. Engraved brass floral decorations surrounds the center dial. The time and the automaton feature can be seen through a large beveled glass panel.
This clock strikes every 15 minutes, Petite Sonnerie striking. The mechanism is 8 day movement, driven by double fusee chain. It's built with heavy brass and with engraving on the back plate. The automaton features plays hourly followed by the hour striking. The complicated automaton plays as following, the right curtain rolls up first to follow the pair...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Clocks
Materials
Brass
A Vintage Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos Clock Working With Original Box & Paperwork
Located in London, GB
This Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos Clock is a vintage masterpiece that comes with its original box and paperwork. The clock has a shiny finish an...
Category
Mid-20th Century 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
Art Deco French Mantle Clock
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Art Deco French mantle clock consisting of marble and aluminum. Clock measures 14" wide, 2.5" deep and 9.75" high.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Clocks
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Imhof Mid Century Gold Dice Motif Swiss Alarm Clock
By Arthur Imhof
Located in London, GB
A fun and stylish Imhof Swiss gilt desk clock with alarm, in the shape of a dice. The solid cast brass case in the form of a dice with inset silvered dial with dot and engraved bato...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Danish Midcentury Wall Clock by Arne Jacobsen Model Roman
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern Wall Clock by Arne Jacobsen model Roma with Quartz clockwork.
Arne Jacobsen for Rosendahl. Steel wall clock wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Clocks
Materials
Stainless Steel
$1,625 Sale Price
35% Off
Vintage Black Sunburst Wall Clock by George Nelson for Howard Miller
Located in San Jose, CA
Classic Mid Century Modern sunburst wall clock designed by George Nelson for Howard Miller Clock Company, circa 1950's. This iconic piece is all original made with black lacquered wo...
Category
1950s American Scandinavian Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Brass
Very Rare Hutschenreuther Sunburst Wall Clock in Porcelain, Germany, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Elegant, decorative, extremely rare. Very good condition. High end quality.
Category
1960s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage French Louis XV Style Brevetatto Italy Brass & Marble Figural Clock Set
By Brevettato
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style Brevetatto Italy Brass & Marble Figural Clock Set - 3 Pc Set. Item features an ornate figural clock with hoof foot cherubs and black marble accents, 2 ornate candelabras with 7 candle holders...
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XV Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Travel Alarm Clock from "Emes", Germany, circa 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Travel alarm clock from "Emes", Germany, circa 1960s
Original condition.
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Art Deco Stylish Walnut Mantle Clock, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this super stylish Art Deco Wood and Glass Ferranti Synchronous Mantle Clock With Working Original Movement, dating to 1938. A rare example of it's type, t...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Blue Glass, Brass Electric Mantle Clock, By Smiths , c1930
Located in Devon, England
In the 1930's Smiths Sectric produced a range of high end electric clocks with a distinctly Art Deco feel to them. This handsome chap is a surviving example, in a gorgeous coral blue...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Brass
Imhof mid century table clock
By Arthur Imhof
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Imhof mid-century table clock
Enamel painted dial (represents a galleon)
Manual winding (8 days of winding)
15 jewels
Works properly
Case number 12329
Circa 1960 Origin Switzerland
M...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Frederic Weinberg Wall Clock/ Large Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frederic Weinberg Wall Clock with Black Body and Arms and Coral Balls. Working Condition. This is the larger harder to find version of this classic Clock...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Wall Clock by Meister Anker in Brass, 1960s Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Stunning sunburst wall clock made of brass, metal and glass.
One of the most beautiful models I have seen to date.
An eye catcher par excellence.
Made in Germany.
Electric, batt...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Kienzle GMT World Time Zone Brass Table Clock, Midcentury, Germany, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and decorative Mid-Century Modernist solid brass Kienzle desk or table clock with a world map clocks face and world time zones. Executed in the 1960s by Kienzle in Wester...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Table Desk Clock Kienzle
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass frame nickel plated clock face made of polished steel and fixed on pink colored glass made by Kienzl in the late, 1930s. Fitted with a mechanical movement. On request can be re...
Category
1930s German Industrial Vintage Clocks
Materials
Ceramic
Beautiful original 1960s solid brass table clock by Kienzle
Located in München, DE
Beautiful original 1960s solid brass table clock by Kienzle.
A fantastic, very elegant, minimalist 1960s design in good vintage condition.
Battery-operated with original mechanism. T...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Brass
Swiza 8 Day Rare Gilt Sphere Clock with Smoked Lucite Base, Box and Guarantee
By Swiza
Located in Roma, IT
In 1975, the prestigious Swiss watch company Swiza chose this watch as the solitary protagonist of its magazine advertising campaign. You can see why. Modern and very unique, it features a nicely weighty gilt ball clock, an 8 day power with an alarm, that sits cradled on a very modern lucite base. The clock can stand without the lucite base, although you probably won't want to separate this duo.
The sphere clock...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
Art Deco French Clock by Jaz, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Superb 1930s Art Deco chrome and Bakelite clock made by the Jaz company. This clock is in remarkably good condition. Often these clocks are found with severe chrome tarnishing or pit...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Midcentury Wall Clock in the Form of a Wristwatch in Leather and Brass, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Midcentury wall clock in the form of a wristwatch in leather and brass, Germany
Made in Germany by Meister Anker.
Electric, battery operated clock.
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rare Extra Small Octagonal Bakelite Wall Clock by Gent of Leicester
Located in Nottingham, GB
Rare Octagonal Bakelite Wall Clock.
A beautiful art deco style wall clock by renowned British clock maker Gents of Leicester.
Made in England circa 1930.
Gent of Leicester makers ...
Category
1930s British Industrial Vintage Clocks
Materials
Steel
Large Siemens Factory Industrial or Station Wall Clock
By Siemens
Located in Vienna, AT
Steel painted with glass front made in Germany in the 1950s. Original condition with patina on the frame.
Formerly a slave clock, it is now fitted with a modern quartz movement wit...
Category
1930s German Industrial Vintage Clocks
Materials
Steel
Atmos Perpetual clock by Jean Léon REUTTER 1899/1971
Located in NANTES, FR
Atmos art deco clock circa 1930 stamped JL Reutter N.
System invented by J.L. Reutter and produced by himself before reselling the patent to Jaeger le Coultre.
Pendulum in very go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Pendulum Clock & Aneroid Barometer, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Clock and aneroid barometer in walnut made circa 1960.
The aneroid barometer (or holosteric barometer) was developed by the Frenchman Lucien Vidie who filed a patent for it in 1844 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Industrial Brown 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, an aluminium dial,hands and a convex clear glass cover. The p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Clocks
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Very Rare 1930s English Smiths Electric 'Mystery Clock'
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this rare Smith mystery clock made by Smith's Electronic Clocks . The chrome case was moulded in aluminium. The glass has black numerals on a square silver ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Jaeger Lecoultre Atmos Watch
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jaeger Lecoultre Atmos Watch
Atmos VI
Table clock It works correctly. perpetual motion
It has caliber 528 (1958-1968)
The dial is square
Materia...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Fine Quality French Dore' Bronze Figural Mantel Clock with Sevres Plaques
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb gold dore' bronze figural French made Louis XV style clock with Sevres plaques. The clock is absolutely breathtaking and would make a fantastic focal point in the ri...
Category
1930s French Louis XV Vintage Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Travel alarm clock "JMS", germany around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Travel alarm clock "JMS", germany around 1950s
Original condition
Brass with red faux leather cover
Still working
Measures: Open height 8cm, wide 7,5cm, deep 8cm
Closed height 3cm, ...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Wooden Midcentury Wall Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
Wooden clock face and brass clock hands and index. Fitted with a battery movement. Made in Germany in the 1950s.
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks
Materials
Brass
Chinoiserie decorated Mantel clock circa 1930s
By Maple & Co.
Located in Dereham, GB
Chinoiserie decorated Mantel clock circa 1930s
Cream in colour
Top with Scroll shaped pediment
Decoration With, Flowers, Foliage, Figure, Bridge & Building
Circular enamel dial, Dom...
Category
1930s British Chinoiserie Vintage Clocks
Materials
Lacquer
Art Deco Rare Mystery Clock by Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Devon, England
Aside the appearance and super rarity of this marvellous Art Deco clock on first viewing, one can't be distracted away from the condition as well, which for it's 90 odd years is noth...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass, Chrome
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...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Clocks
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Chrome Art Deco "Chrono Lite-12" Commercial Neon Wall Clock by Seth Thomas, Cir
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Seth Thomas Art Deco 16” Diameter "Chrono Lite-16" wall clock featuring a black dial with Original Green Gas Tube Neon under bubble style glass and a stainless steel streamline case....
Category
1940s American Vintage Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$5,700 Sale Price
40% Off
Jaeger LeCoultre Mid-Century Skeleton Clock
Located in London, GB
Stunning Jaeger LeCoultre inline skeleton clock, parading a clean minimalistic design suitable anywhere in the home, especially a table, mantelpiece or desk.
Made with gilt brass and lucite, the beauty of these skeleton clocks is that you can see the 16 jewel Swiss movement working and it almost appears to be floating within the lucite. Owners of these iconic clocks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Siemens Halske Bauhaus Factory or Workshop Wall Clock
By Siemens
Located in Vienna, AT
Steel frame with gold ring inside and steel clock face with red and black digits, manufactured by Siemens Halske in the 1930s.
According to the previous owner the clock was hanging...
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Clocks
Materials
Steel
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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