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Clocks For Sale
English Regency Red Lacquer Wall Clock
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency-style (19/20th Century) red lacquer Chinoiserie parliamentary wall clock. (Not working)
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19th Century British Regency Antique Clocks

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Lacquer

A French 19th Century Mantel Clock “cupid with a drum”
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French 19th Century Mantel Clock “cupid with a drum” Chased Ormolu and Patinated Mantelpiece designed as a putto on clouds playing a drum containing movement with enamel dial. Rest...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Bronze, Ormolu

Elegant Japanese Rhythm Electric Wall Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
Body made of plastic with plexiglas clock face made in Japan in the early 1970s. Fitted with a quartz movement with a battery. Delivery time 2-3 weeks.
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1970s Japanese Industrial Vintage Clocks

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Plexiglass, Plastic

Reclaimed Large 18inch Diameter Industrial Slave Clock by Gent of Leicester
Located in Nottingham, GB
A Large Vintage Gents of Leicester Factory Wall Clock. A clean example of the iconic Gent of Leicester industrial wall clock. Made in Leicester, England circa 1960 by Gents of Leice...
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1960s British Industrial Vintage Clocks

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Steel

Mini Merlín 12 T wall clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Simple, versatile, and sober clock. The elegance of this model lies in the lightness of its time signals, which draws an imaginary circle on the wall. Mini Merlín 12 T wall clock : g...
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2010s Spanish Modern Clocks

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Brass

19th Century French Tower Clock Face
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
Fantastic large French iron tower clock face. This large clock face retains its original aged paint and large copper hands. Brilliant patina to the painted iron face and dial. Re...
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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Iron

Malachite Inlaid Black Marble Plinth-Form Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Malachite inlaid black marble plinth-form mantel clock French, circa 1876 Measures: Height 24cm, width 39cm, depth 16cm This rather unusual bu...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clocks

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Malachite, Marble

Large Grey Square Wall Clock from Pragotron, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
- Clock made by Pragotron in former Czechoslovakia during the 1970s. - Was used in factories, schools & railway stations - Features a gray hammer paint finish metal body, aluminum ...
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1970s Czech Industrial Vintage Clocks

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Aluminum, Iron

Napolean iii French White Marble and Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Stunning Napolean III French Ormolu and white marble clock with gilded Baccanalian frieze decoration to the base and seated a classical lady standing on six gilded button feet. Enam...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Clocks

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Marble

Art Nouveau Mahogany French Balloon Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Art Nouveau mahogany Balloon clock with satinwood inlay and standing on brass ball feet. Enamel dial with Arabic numerals and original hands. Eig...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Clocks

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Mahogany

Jaeger LeCoultre Inline Skeleton Clock
Located in Amersham, GB
A stylish Jaeger-LeCoultre skeleton timepiece with a gilded 16 jewel inline or ‘baguette’ movement suspended behind convex glass. The bezel is of gilded brass with a white enamel sur...
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1990s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Clocks

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Brass, Enamel

Early 20th Century Smiths Astral 'Great Britain' Shipboard Clock, circa 1930s
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Early 20th century Smiths Astral [Great Britain] shipboard brass clock, circa 1930. A brass case with inset beveled glass panel that reveals a silvertone...
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1930s English Industrial Vintage Clocks

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Brass

Merlín 12 i Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Merlín 12 i wall clock is ideal for decorating modern spaces of both a house and an office . Merlín 12 i wall clock : Case made of chromed steel , Clock hand made of Polished Steel...
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2010s Spanish Modern Clocks

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Stainless Steel, Chrome

Midcentury Rare Wall Clock Krups, Space Age Style, Germany, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare type - space age style
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks

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Plastic

A Patinated and Gilt-Bronze Hanging Clock
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Patinated and Gilt-Bronze Hanging Clock, with an enamelled dial and Arabic Numerals. The dial signed 'E. Artult / Moulins S.Allier'. The clock with a twin-train movement and a ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Mini Puntero G Table Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
It is made with the greatest precision to represent a high-end designer clock made to turn the desktop into a true showcase where it can be seen by ever...
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2010s Spanish Modern Clocks

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Brass

Regency Walnut Library Bracket Clock, Haley & Milner, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Walnut Library Bracket Clock, Haley & Milner, London Finely figured walnut 5 glass case with moulded plinth and standing on pad feet with bevelled glass throughout. Front opening doo...
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1810s English Regency Antique Clocks

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Walnut

Miniature Silver and Blue Guilloche enamel Borne Carriage or Travel Clock
Located in London, GB
A silver and blue guilloche enamel borne shaped boudoir or miniature carriage clock, in its original leather case. The white enamel dial marked '8 jours', with arabic numerals and cu...
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1920s French Vintage Clocks

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Silver, Enamel

French Tortoiseshell Boulle Mantel Clock by Roskell, Paris
Located in Norwich, GB
Fine Tortoiseshell Boulle clock in an arch top case, standing on elaborate gilded Ormolu feet with raised base with Acanthus leaf decoration. two-piece enamel dial with Brocot (vi...
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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Tortoise Shell

French Lalique Crystal Owl Table Clock
Located in Vilnius, LT
French Lalique crystal owl table clock. The clock is created in a clear crystal base with owl relief motifs. Engraved with Lalique France mark. Excellen...
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Late 20th Century French Clocks

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Crystal, Metal

Classic Grandfather Table Clock, Gold Polished Brass and Calacatta Gold Marble
Located in Oporto, PT
Inspiration: The grandfather table clock was born from the grandfather floor clock. This is a piece marked by great sentimental value becaus...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Rococo Clocks

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Marble, Travertine, Carrara Marble, Gold Plate, Brass, Metal, Gold, Chro...

Mid-Century Glass Wall Clock by Junghans
Located in Vienna, AT
Smoked glass clock face with nickel plated clock hands and indexing. Made in Germany by Junghans in the early 1960s. Fitted with a battery movement.
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1960s Vintage Clocks

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Acrylic

Austria-Hungarian Wall Clock From the Late 19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Austria-Hungarian Wall Clock From the Late 19th Century We present you this wall clock from the late 19th century (probably 1870) manufactured in Austria-Hungary. The gravity windin...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Clocks

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Wood

Antique French Art Deco Malachite & Champleve Crystal Regulator Mantle Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Antique French Art Deco Malachite & Champleve Crystal Regulator Mantle Clock DESCRIPTION: Art Deco clock set-including one clock proper and two amphora form urns-each piece of which...
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Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Clocks

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Malachite, Bronze

Fine Quality Sèvres-style Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
The fine quality Sèvres-style Louis XVI gilt-bronze and jeweled porcelain turquoise mantel clock. Surmounted with a twin handled urn with grapes, the central enamel dial with Roman n...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

17th Century Obelisk-Shaped Table Clock
Located in London, GB
17th Century obelisk-shaped table clock Italian, 17th Century Height 28cm, width 9cm, depth 7cm A stunning piece from the 17th century, this table clock is a precious element of horological artistry and mechanical innovation. Encased in gilt and glass, the delicate clock is shaped akin to an obelisk, an intriguing symbol that lends a striking visual appeal. The foundation of the timepiece is a gilt brass and...
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1660s Italian Baroque Antique Clocks

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Brass, Ormolu

Liberty & Co Tudric Pewter Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Liberty & Co Tudric Pewter Mantel Clock Liberty & Co Tudric mantel clock from a design by Archibald Knox, low arched English pewter case with foliate d...
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1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Clocks

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Pewter

Corum Sterling Silver Erotic "Ball" Desk Clock with Enamel Dial Limited Edition
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Corum Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Erotic Ball Desk Clock METAL / MATERIAL: Sterling Silver and Semi Precious Stones CIRCA / YE...
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1990s Swiss Clocks

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Sterling Silver

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parcel-Gilt and Biscuit Porcelain Clock
Located in Long Island City, NY
A beautifully design late 19th century gilt bronze mounted parcel-gilt and biscuit porcelain mantel (fireplace) clock The front carved with Apollo riding his chariot. The bottom wit...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Morning Bed Clock by The Cult
Located in Geneve, CH
Morning Bed Clock by The Cult Dimensions: W 45 x D 30 x H 190 cm Materials: Metal Sheet folded, Automatice Paint The Cult STUDIO Generates Emotional Solutions And Experiences In Dif...
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2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Clocks

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Metal

A rare large pair of 19th c French gilt bronze clock and Barometer by Lepine
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and rare pair of late 18th century to early 19th century French gilt bronze clock and Barometer set by Jean Antoine Lepine. Appointment to the King Jean Lepine moved to Par...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Antique French Empire Ormolu Striking Library Clock
Located in London, GB
A fascinating Antique French Empire Striking Ormolu mantel clock A fascinating clock in the form of a library bookcase, with two children sitting at each side. Raised on a plinth ...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

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Steel, Ormolu

Isaac Pearson Reading PA Walnut Tall Clock with Rare Jacob Kunsman Case, C 1845
Located in Milford, NH
A splendid Empire walnut veneered tall clock with swan’s neck split pediment crest with bullseye rosettes and three wooden ball & spire finials surmounting an arched front glass door...
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1840s American Empire Antique Clocks

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Metal

Early Tripod Table Clock by Thomas Cole with Glass Dome
Located in London, GB
An extraordinary rustic tripod table clock by Thomas Cole Retailed by E. White of London The circular green velvet-clad base supporting three equidistantly spaced brass imitation logs, from which the clock and its mechanism are suspended; housed within a brass bezel conformingly styled as naturalistic logs, the circular etched and engraved gilt dial with elegant blued steel hands, marked at 6 o'clock "E. White, 20 Cockspur St, London", having the hours marked in Roman numerals; the tapered two-tier movement has a six wheel train with five-spoke crossings between spotted plates, the upper section fixed by blued steel screws to the backplate, enclosing a Brocot-style deadbeat escapement incorporating rubies and train to the centre wheel, the pendulum of most unusual design styled as a lidded cauldron over a simulated fire. Complete with a glass dome and key. The front plate numbered “1637.” London made, circa 1861 Thomas Cole, (1800-1864) Son of Thomas Cole Snr, a Somerset clockmaker, his history and works are fully recorded in 'Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking' by John B. Hawkins, published 1975, in Sydney. Known as a specialist in making decorative timepieces of the highest quality, Cole exhibited at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in 1851; he warranted an 'honourable mention' in the Paris Exhibition of 1855 and the London 1862 Exposition International, where he was awarded a medal for 'excellence of taste and design'. Hawkins discuss Thomas Cole's tripod clocks...
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19th Century English Antique Clocks

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Brass, Ormolu, Bronze

French Louis Xv1 Style Striking Figural Ormolu-Mounted White Marble Clock
Located in London, GB
A wonderful French Louis XV1 style striking figural ormolu-mounted white marble clock. The beautifully cast figures of Venus and Cupid are springi...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu

Carlo Bugatti Style Art Deco Marble Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
French Art Deco marble mantel clock in the style of Carlo Bugatti in original condition. France, first half of the 20th century, measures: length 42 cm. Original condition.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Clocks

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Marble, Brass

Art Deco Chrome Manual Clock By Blangy, French, c1930
Located in Devon, England
One of our personal favourite style of Art Deco clocks are these Blangy French table clocks. The stylized numerals for any Art Deco enthusiast are an absolute delight. Superb 1930s A...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Clocks

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Chrome

Travel Alarm Clock "Europe", 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Travel alarm clock "Europe", 1950s Excellent original condition Hart cover Still working Seven jewels. Measures: Closed H 2 cm, W 8 cm, D 7 cm ...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks

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Brass

A 19th Century French Gilt & Patinated Bronze Figural Mantel Clock by Raingo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent 19th century French Louis XVI style gilt and patinated bronze clock depicting mother and child, by Raingo Frères, Paris. The dial marked: Raingo Fres, A Paris. Circa ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Bronze

19th Century Porcelain Gilt Bronze Three-Piece Garniture
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th century Regency revival porcelain with gilt bronze mantel clock on stand with a pair of neoclassical revival ormolu mounted one handled am...
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Early 1800s French Regency Revival Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Vintage travel alarm clock by Schatz, 7 Jewel, Germany, 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage travel alarm clock by Schatz made in Germany in the 1970s. The manual winding movement. The lid folds, allowing the alarm clock to be held open and upright. Dimensions: Wid...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks

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Metal

A 19 C. French Japonisme Clock Garniture, Att. E. Cornu, Style of Édouard Lièvre
Located in New York, NY
A 19th-Century French Japonisme Three-Piece Figural Garniture Clock Set Attributed to Eugène Cornu, in the Style of Édouard Lièvre. Consisting of a mantel clock and a pair of matchin...
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1870s French Japonisme Antique Clocks

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Onyx, Bronze

Nomon Omega Table Clock By Andres Martinez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reinventing with its structures Nomon brings you a clock from the desktop collection with an innovative and elegant design. The Omega I Clock impresses by keeping a clock suspended in the air while losing its depth by removing unnecessary items and making it simple and glamorous. A fashion clock that will give your home office or business the sophistication you were looking for. The latest trend in office decoration pieces and elegant spaces is here with the desktop clock...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks

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Steel, Chrome

Mantel or Table Clock in Empire Style
Located in Vienna, AT
Mantel clock softwood decorated mahogany inlaid in light wood with flowers and foliage. White enameled clock face with Roman and Arabic numerals. Empire style, circa 1900. Measures...
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Early 1900s German Empire Revival Antique Clocks

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Softwood

Jaeger LeCoultre Mid-Century Marina Poissons Brass and Glass Atmos Clock
Located in London, GB
A stunning Jaeger LeCoultre mid-century Marina 'Poissons' Atmos clock with gilded fishes to the front and sides. This piece looks wonderful on a desk in a study, or on a mantelpiece ...
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1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks

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Brass

Nano Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The modern Nano clock has an avant-garde design with a Nordic air, combining walnut wood or oak finish with black and white colors. Nano wall clock: Hand...
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2010s Spanish Modern Clocks

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Wood, Polystyrene

Luxury Nine Watch Box Black or Cognac
Located in Paris, FR
Box luxury nine watch in black finish for 9 watches. Covered with black cowhide leather sheathing, box with details and finishings in polished nickel-plated brass. Upholstery and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Clocks

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Brass, Nickel

Rare Extra Small Vintage Bakelite Wall Clock by Gent of Leicester - IG221303B
Located in Nottingham, GB
Small 6 inch Dial Bakelite Wall Clock by Gents of Leicester - B A small bakelite wall clock by renowned British clock maker Gents of Leicester. Made in England circa 1960. Gent of...
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1960s British Industrial Vintage Clocks

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Steel

Exceptional French 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock and Candelabra Set
Located in London, GB
A Garniture de Cheminee by Japy Freres et Cie Constructed in two color gold ormolu, comprising a richly decorated mantle clock and two candelabra in ...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

Garniture, clock and candelabra. Bronze, porcelain. France, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Garnish with clock and candelabra in porcelain and gilt bronze. France, 19th century. Mechanism in perfect working order. Fireplace garnish composed of a clock and two five-light candelabras, all three pieces made by combining gilt bronze, with relief elements and round bulges and cold-chiseled details, and porcelain decorated with low-temperature enamels, including gold enamel. The porcelain pieces follow models from the Sèvres National Manufacture of the 18th century, with large pictorial cartouches on a cobalt blue background adorned with golden plant motifs. The set follows a historicist design that combines baroque and neoclassical elements with enamelled scenes of Rococo inspiration, representing landscapes and scenes with mythological themes alluding to the arts and the goddess Venus. The clockwork is stamped “Chles. MT”, with serial number 17420. The main glazed porcelain plates are signed DP Boncher. The clock follows an architectural structure, with an oval base with a prominent front in plan, raised on four molded feet in the shape of a top, on which a large ornamental vase is placed. This plinth has a distinct pinto and, above it, a main body as a façade, with a circular pediment that houses the clock face. This includes black enamelled Roman numerals on white medallions with a gold border, arranged around the central representation of a putti reclining among clouds, holding a floral garland and accompanied by musical instruments. Among the medallions that house the numbers, a small jeweled decoration that evokes pearls and embedded rubies, which is echoed in the secondary areas of the body of the piece and also the vase, always combined with delicate golden filigrees. On both sides of the sphere are two female portraits of ladies from the 18th century, in oval frames. Below, a classically inspired scene with a muse holding musical instruments, probably Euterpe or Erató, accompanied by a putti reading a sheet of music. On the sides of the clock body, two large curved rectangular plates house highly pictorial enameled landscapes, worked with the same miniaturist precision as the rest of the enameled cartouches. These are landscapes of romantic heritage, again inspired by the 18th century, with ideal settings for a twilight atmosphere, featuring classical ruins. The vase that tops the body of the clock has a hemispherical tank, shoulders ending in an edge, an openwork truncated conical neck, which opens smoothly towards the shoulders, and a domed lid, also openwork. The handles are figurative, in bronze, with two female sisters crowned with flowers, of clear Greco-Latin inspiration, worked in a round shape. In the tank, the vase houses two enameled porcelain cartouches, the front one with two putti and a dove - a symbolic allusion to Venus - and the back one with musical instruments. The design of the clock is completed by two thick bronze S-shaped plant braces, under the vase, and counter moldings and plant motifs cast in relief and cold chiseled, combining matte and polished finishes. The candelabras follow a similar design, with large vases of neoclassical design on pedestals, in this case cylindrical, raised on four low feet of turned design. The bases house porcelain cartouches with scenes of putti related to the arts; In one of them we see two putti practicing painting, and in the other two others in a scene related to classical lyric poetry, with one putto writing while the other, holding a lyre, raises a laurel wreath above his head. The cartouches that occupy the front of the candelabra vases...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Clocks

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Metal, Bronze, Other

Biedermeier Antique Mora Clock Swedish Natural French Polish 1800s 210cm
Located in Lewes, England
Shipping special update - We have negotiated a special flat rate shipping cost to the USA with our main US shipping partner for our 1st dibs clients of only £968 export crated by ai...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Clocks

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Wood

An Arts and Crafts hand formed copper and turquoise blue enamel wall clock
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts hand-formed copper and turquoise blue enamel wall clock that is designed to hang on the angle. Finely detailed sunrise amongst trees in the centre.
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Clocks

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Copper

A Louis XVI Ormolu Figural Cartel Clock
Located in Kittery Point, ME
A Louis XVI Ormolu Figural Cartel Clock, the circular white enamel dial signed "Baudoin A Paris" within a cartouche-shaped case surmounted by an urn and ...
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

French Louis XVI Cupid Mantel Clock
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze dore and white marble oval shaped mantel clock with 2 cupids reading book at top. (Not working)
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Antique Victorian quality ebonies aesthetic movement mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality ebonies aesthetic movement mantle clock having a quality painted dial and spandrels decorated with flowers and leaves in wonderful blue and white colours wi...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Clocks

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Brass

Early 19th Century Empire Ormolu-Mounted Bronze and Marble Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality empire ormolu-mounted patinated bronze and rouge royale marble mantel clock. The patinated bronze figures depicting cupid and psyche. Attributed to Pierre-Victor Ledure...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Neo-Egyptian Bronze and Marble Clock Attributed to G.Servant, France, Circa 1870
Located in PARIS, FR
A black and red marble clock in the shape of an Egyptian temple attributed to G. Servant, flanked by double columns inscribed with hieroglyphs and ornated with a winged uraeus, all made in two patina bronze. The clock is surmounted by a patinated bronze sphinx. Resting on four bronze faces wearing the nemes and terminating in lion paw feet. Georges Emile Henri Servant (circa 1828-1890) who took over his father in 1855 at their foundry, rue Vieille-du-Temple, in Paris, specialized in the production of neo-Egyptian style clocks, very popular in France since 1860s, and also the making of Greek style decorative objects. He drew considerable attention to the high quality of his bronzes at the 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition and then at the 1862 London Exhibition. At this time Servant exported up to 40% of his production, principally to the United States, where for instance, his sphinx clocks were sold with great success by Louis Tiffany Inc. or Hamann & Roche of New York (A similar clock is now exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). But his success came really at the 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition, where he was awarded a gold medal for his neo-Greek and Egyptian works (Les Merveilles...
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1870s French Egyptian Revival Antique Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Floating Frames Mantelclock Copper
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Kiki van Eijk designed Floating Frames as a collection of handmade objects in anodized aluminium wire. Each piece is meticulously handmade in her worksh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks

Materials

Copper

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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