Clocks

Clocks For Sale

Period: 19th Century

Period: 1990s

Charles X Period Ormolu Mounted Jacob Petit Porcelain Mantel Clock

Located in London, GB

Charles X Period Ormolu Mounted Jacob Petit Porcelain Mantel Clock French, c.1825 Height 36cm, width 18.5m, depth 10.5cm Set within a beautiful porcelain case, parcel gilt, and flor...

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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

Charles X Period Ormolu Mounted Jacob Petit Porcelain Mantel Clock

Gilt Bronze Clock with Arab Prince and Princess made for the Orientalist market

Located in New York, NY

An Impressive and very large French Gilt Dore Bronze Clock with Arab Prince and Princess made for the Oriental Market. With the European market entranced w...

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Gilt Bronze Clock with Arab Prince and Princess made for the Orientalist market

Antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze cartel clock

Located in London, GB

Antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze cartel clock French, late 19th Century Height 63cm, width 28cm, depth 10cm This elegant cartel clo...

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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

Antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze cartel clock

19th Century Swedish Gilded Wall Clock with Dolphins, Signed Ericsson Stockholm

Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE

Fine and decorative Swedish Cartel clock. Very elaborately carved wooden case flanked by two sculptural dolphins. The dial signed P. Ericsson Stoc...

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19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Clocks

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Giltwood

19th Century Swedish Gilded Wall Clock with Dolphins, Signed Ericsson Stockholm

Griotte marble and gilt and patinated bronze clock garniture by Graux

Located in London, GB

Griotte marble and gilt and patinated bronze clock garniture by Graux French, c. 1870 Clock: Height 80cm, width 40cm, depth 33cm Candelabra: Height 82cm, width 40cm, depth 40cmvarious This fine three-piece set includes a mantel clock and a pair of candelabra. The pieces are crafted from bronze—both gilt and patinated—and rich griotte marble. The clock features a griotte marble truncated column shaped base, which is adorned with gilt bronze mounts, such as a low relief plaque and beading. The front of the case is inset with a dial within a gilt bronze bezel and beneath glass. Strikingly, the clock case is surmounted by a large and impressive patinated bronze sculptural group after an original by Clodion, which depicts two nymphs carousing with musical instruments and bunches of grapes. The candelabra are similarly decorated, each with a conforming marble base. The stem of each candelabrum is modelled as two patinated bronze figures holding aloft the candelabrum head, which issues seven gilt bronze branches: six scrolling branches and one central one. The clock dial is signed 'Jules Graux...

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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Clocks

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

Griotte marble and gilt and patinated bronze clock garniture by Graux

Neo-Gothic antique three piece ormolu clock set

Located in London, GB

The central clock with dial to the center, displaying hours in individual plaques in Roman numerals and five minute intervals engraved into the ormolu case in Arabic numerals, the ca...

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19th Century French Gothic Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

Neo-Gothic antique three piece ormolu clock set

English Bracket Clock, 19th Century William lV Period

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

19th century William lV period English bracket clock. William IV mahogany bracket clock, L. H. Samuel and Co., Liverpool, circa 1830. 8 inch painted dial ...

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19th Century Great Britain (UK) William IV Antique Clocks

English Bracket Clock, 19th Century William lV Period

19th Century French Portico Clock with Bone Inlay

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

French portico clock with bone inlay, 19th century, Georgian. Ebonized French portico mantel clock on matching base with highly detailed bone i...

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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

19th Century French Portico Clock with Bone Inlay

Bronze and Porphyry Clock by Julien Le Roy, 19th Century

By Julien Le Roy

Located in Cypress, CA

A magnificent 19th century French Louis XVI ormolu and patinated bronze mounted Porphyry clock with two reclining bronze cherubs playing a gilt harp. The movement made by Dargent Medallie Company with silk suspension. Signed by Julien Le Roy...

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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Porphyry, Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Bronze and Porphyry Clock by Julien Le Roy, 19th Century

19th Century French Clockset

Located in Los Angeles, CA

19th century French clockset. Marble and bronze, working clock. Children playing the Horn measure to 12" H x 8.5" W x 3.5" D.

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Early 19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Bronze

19th Century French Clockset

French Empire Early 19th Century Mantel Clock 'Apollo Playing the Lyre' Dartois

Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE

Three-week duration, striking half and full hours. The enamel dial signed 'Dartois Fils à Paris'. Dartois was, just like Galle, Ledure, Raviro and Thomire, one of the leading and mos...

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19th Century French First Empire Antique Clocks

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Bronze

French Empire Early 19th Century Mantel Clock 'Apollo Playing the Lyre' Dartois

French Marble Clock and Garniture Set, Louis XVI Style

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

French marble clock and garniture set, Louis XVI style. Crystal regulator clock with marble base and pillars, surmounted with cast bronze panthe...

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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

French Marble Clock and Garniture Set, Louis XVI Style

Louis XVI Style Clock in Gilded Bronze and Porcelain, Late 19th Century

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Louis XVI style table clock in chiseled and gilt bronze. The case is in “architectural drawing” style shape, adorned with porcelain plates decorated with baskets of flowers in white ...

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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Clock in Gilded Bronze and Porcelain, Late 19th Century

19th Century French Gilt Tortoise Shell Clock with Base

Located in Los Angeles, CA

19th century French gilt tortoise shell clock with inlaid bronze, with base. The base is also tortoise shell with gilt bronze.

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Tortoise Shell, Giltwood

19th Century French Gilt Tortoise Shell Clock with Base

French Bronze and Marble Egyptian Inspired Clockset

Located in Los Angeles, CA

French bronze and marble Egyptian inspired clockset. Bronze with black patina. Measurements of urns: 13.5" H x 5.25" D x 5.25" D.

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

French Bronze and Marble Egyptian Inspired Clockset

Early and Fine Bronze, Ormolu and Specimen Marble Clock with Cupid

Located in Belper, Derbyshire

A large, fine and exquisite, early antique French clock depicting cupid holding a sharpened golden arrow. It is of stunning quality and fully serviced and tested by our clockmakers. ...

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Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Early and Fine Bronze, Ormolu and Specimen Marble Clock with Cupid

English Bracket Clock, 19th Century Georgian

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

19th century Georgian English bracket clock. A fine quality 8-day mahogany and ormolu-mounted triple chain Fusee 4-Gong Westminster Chime bracket clock. The high quality mahogany ...

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19th Century Great Britain (UK) Georgian Antique Clocks

English Bracket Clock, 19th Century Georgian

French 19th Century Clock with Matching Candelabrum

By Japy Frères

Located in Stamford, CT

A handsome 19th century French clock set comprising a clock with a matching pair of candelabrum. French Industrial steam Hammer type with brass movement. Signed GLT Paris Japy Freres...

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Late 19th Century French Industrial Antique Clocks

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Metal

French 19th Century Clock with Matching Candelabrum

A Louis XVI Style Ormolu Cartel Clock

Located in Sheffield, MA

With a circular white enamel dial, surmounted by swags and ending with a woman’s face. Morbiere Movement

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

A Louis XVI Style Ormolu Cartel Clock

French 19th Century Longcase Painted Clock with Carved Crest and Classical Décor

Located in Atlanta, GA

A French parcel gilt and red painted longcase grandfather clock from the 19th century, with carved crest and classical décor. Born in France during the...

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Early 19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Metal

French 19th Century Longcase Painted Clock with Carved Crest and Classical Décor

French gilt bronze and enamel three-piece clock set

Located in London, GB

French gilt bronze and enamel three-piece clock set French, late 19th Century Clock: Height 45cm, width 26cm, depth 14.5cm Candelabra: Height 31.5cm, width 21cm, depth 9cm This char...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Enamel, Ormolu

French gilt bronze and enamel three-piece clock set

French Marble and Gilt Bronze Three Piece Mantel Clock, Circa 1840

Located in Hollywood, SC

French three piece marble and gilt bronze mantel clock set with perched eagle, flanking urns, painted floral porcelain dial, original pendulum, swan and filigree motif, resting on d...

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1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Clocks

French Marble and Gilt Bronze Three Piece Mantel Clock, Circa 1840

Hand-Carved Wooden Clock

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Hand-carved pheasants in maple wood exploring the fauna. Walnut stain to the wood. Numbers and hands are brass.

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19th Century German Antique Clocks

Materials

Brass

Hand-Carved Wooden Clock

A Palatial 19th Century French Second Empire Ormolu Mounted Bronze Garniture Set

Located in Los Angeles, CA

An Palatial 19th Century French Second Empire Ormolu Mounted Bronze and Green Marble Three Piece Garniture Set circa 1820. Origin: France Measures: Clock Height 32" Width 21" Dept...

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19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

A Palatial 19th Century French Second Empire Ormolu Mounted Bronze Garniture Set

Exceptional 19thc Empire Bronze Dore' Clock

Located in New Orleans, LA

Beautfully Chased and Gilded Bronze Clock

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Exceptional 19thc Empire Bronze Dore' Clock

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Three Piece Sèvres Style Clock Set

Located in New York, 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 s...

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Three Piece Sèvres Style Clock Set

Wonderful French Enameled Cherub Doré Bronze Porcelain Clock Swag Lion Mask

Located in Roslyn, NY

Large decorated enameled porcelain doré bronze clock, floral elements, lion mask with filigree, swags and cherub face. Measures: 20" H x 14" W x 6" D.

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Late 19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

Wonderful French Enameled Cherub Doré Bronze Porcelain Clock Swag Lion Mask

Large Malachite, Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock Set

Located in London, GB

This majestic, neoclassical style clock set – the clock of which measures 1m and the candelabra 1m 11cm in height – will make a bold statement in an interior. With its magnificent pa...

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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Malachite, Bronze

Large Malachite, Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock Set

Exceptional French Three-Piece Rotary Mystery Clock Set Maiden Candelabra Suite

By Henry Dasson

Located in Roslyn, NY

Exceptional 19th century, French 'Three Graces' annular dial clock, bronze and marble clock, with Roi-de-bleu enamel globe surmounted by Cupid. The ...

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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Exceptional French Three-Piece Rotary Mystery Clock Set Maiden Candelabra Suite

Elizabethan Revival Mantel Clock, circa 1840

By Harvey & Co.

Located in London, GB

A fine early Victorian gilt-brass mantel clock by Harvey & Co in an Elizabethan Revival architectural style, circa 1840. The back plate inscribed ...

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19th Century British Antique Clocks

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Brass

Elizabethan Revival Mantel Clock, circa 1840

Mantelpiece Clock in the Louis XVI Manner, Retailed by E & S Watson of London

Located in London, GB

Constructed in a fine quality two-tone ormolu case, and adorned with rose ground ‘Sevres’ style panels to both front and sides, depicting; rising from oblate toupie feet, the domed case is of modest breakfront form, with a flambeaux urn atop, having tea rose garlands conjoining the body; the clock face delineates the hours in Roman numerals in white cartouches, and is driven by an eight day movement, striking on a bell, with the backplate having the retailer’s stamp, ‘E & S Watson...

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19th Century English Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Gold, Ormolu

Mantelpiece Clock in the Louis XVI Manner, Retailed by E & S Watson of London

Clock Mantle Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Empire French 19th Century France

Located in New York, NY

Clock Mantle Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Empire French 19th Century France. A French mantle in gilt bronze decorated with neoclassical symbols ...

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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

Clock Mantle Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Empire French 19th Century France

Period Portico Clock in Tulipwood, Fine Inlay, Ormolu Mounts-France, 19th c.

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Portico style French tulipwood clock with Boulle style fine inlays of mother-of-pearl and bronze. Eight day French movement with a grid-iron ormolu pendulum...

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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clocks

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Brass, Ormolu

Period Portico Clock in Tulipwood, Fine Inlay, Ormolu Mounts-France, 19th c.

19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock and Garniture

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

19th century French gilt bronze and porcelain mantel clock and garniture. Three-piece French garniture set with hand painted and artist signed porcelain, depicting Indian scenes with elephants and landscapes. The clock and urns come with their original velvet covered plinths. The movement is signed S. Marti & Cie Medaille de Bronze...

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock and Garniture

French Gilt Bronze and Marble Clock Set

Located in Hollywood, SC

French gilt bronze and marble three piece mantel clock flanked by matching candelabras. Center clock has cherub, griffon, and floral fruit motif...

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Bronze

French Gilt Bronze and Marble Clock Set

Antique French Gilt Bronze and Rouge Marble Clock Set

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Fine 19th century French gilt bronze mounted Rouge marble 3-piece figural clock set Clock: Height: 19.5" Width: 10.5" Candelabras: Height: 22.5" Width: 9"

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

Antique French Gilt Bronze and Rouge Marble Clock Set

Baccarat Crystal Clock Garniture, French Empire with Gilt Bronze

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

French Empire clock garniture with gilt bronze and Baccarat crystal. An important French Baccarat cut-crystal and ormolu mantel clock with four Corinthian style columns. The cut-crystal features a cross hatched diamond patterns throughout. The clock comes with two large Baccarat crystal and gilt...

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19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

Baccarat Crystal Clock Garniture, French Empire with Gilt Bronze

Large French Renaissance Revival Bronze Mounted Carved Walnut Mantel Clock

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A magnificent 19th century French Renaissance Revival patinated bronze mounted carved walnut "Day and Night" mantel clock. The dial with Roman numerals flanked by allegorical figures of night and day after Michelangelo. France, circa 1870 Maker: Victor Paillard The movement stamped: Vr. Paillard, Paris. Rodier Paris Stamp & Medaille Dor', 1837 Dimensions: Height 22" (56 cm) Width 37" (94 cm) Depth 9" (22 cm) Victor Paillard (1805-1886) designed and made various bronze decorative and functional objects including chenets, lighting and clocks. He also cast bronzes for some of the most important sculptors of the day including Barye, Carrier-Belleuse and Pradier He opened his first workshop in the 1830s at 105, boulevard Beaumarchais and 6, rue Saint-Claude and by the 1850s was employing around 100 people. His success at numerous international exhibitions including the 1851 Great Exhibition (where he displayed a bronze of the Standing Sappho after Pradier) further enhanced his reputation Day and night by Michelangelo: Though never finished, the tomb of Giuliano de' Medici in the Medici Chapel is the only one of Michelangelo great architectural-sculptural projects to be realized in a form approaching completion. Built between 1520 and 1534, it is widely held to be one of Michelangelo's most stunning achievements. The pose of the central figure on the tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, arms resting at his sides and legs comfortably apart, and its open composition suggest a cheerful Duke, generous in both mind and spirit. In fact, the figure holds in his hand several coins, as if an intended gift. Light plays freely on his beautiful face, yet the figure is lacking in energy and seems to wilt under the burden of the Roman armor...

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19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Large French Renaissance Revival Bronze Mounted Carved Walnut Mantel Clock

Antique French Empire Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Figural Clock

Located in New York, NY

An Exquisite Antique French Period Empire Neoclassical gilt bronze figural clock embellished with figure of a neoclassical woman and bird.

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19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

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Ormolu, Steel, Enamel

Antique French Empire Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Figural Clock

French Empire Period Marble and Ormolu Clock, Early 19th Century

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

Early 19th century French Empire period marble and ormolu clock. French Carrara marble Portico clock with extensive ormolu fretwork mounted on two finely decorated marble columns ...

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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

French Empire Period Marble and Ormolu Clock, Early 19th Century

Unusual 19th Century French rotary Clock Garniture

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A rare and very fine 19th century French Louis XVI style ormolu mounted white marble 3-piece Rotary (Annular) clock set comprising a clock and a pair of 3 arms candelabra. The urn s...

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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu

Unusual 19th Century French rotary Clock Garniture

Very Fine 19th Century French Chinoiserie Silver and Gilt Three-Piece Garniture

Located in Los Angeles, CA

An important & rare silvered and gilt bronze 3-piece Chinoiserie clock garniture comprising a clock and two side pieces. The Pagoda form clock with 2 Chinese figures, one sitting pla...

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Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Very Fine 19th Century French Chinoiserie Silver and Gilt Three-Piece Garniture

A French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bronze Clock Garniture

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bronze Clock Garniture Having an enamel dial with arabic numbers accompanied by two candelabras with cherubs on white marble bases France, Circa...

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

A French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bronze Clock Garniture

19th Century French Empire Style Fire Gilded Bronze Mantle Clock

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

19th century French Empire style fire gilded bronze mantel clock. French fire gilded bronze mantel clock with separate bronze base and po...

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19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

19th Century French Empire Style Fire Gilded Bronze Mantle Clock

Louis XVI Style Clock

By Susse Freres, O. Lelievre

Located in Montreal, QC

Fine Gilt-Bronze Louis XVI style mantle clock on a white marble base. Signed "O. Lelievre, Susse Freres."

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Clock

Gilt Bronze Eight-Day, Four-Face Clock with Date, Temperature and Barometer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A French gilt bronze eight-day four face mantel clock with date, temperature and barometer, circa 1855. Origin: France. Dimensions: Height: 9.5". Width: 5.75". Depth: 5.5"...

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

Gilt Bronze Eight-Day, Four-Face Clock with Date, Temperature and Barometer

Lyre Form Clock Garniture, Louis XVI Manner, 19th Century

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

Lyre Form Clock Garniture in Louis XVI Manner. A stunning antique French lyre boudoir clock set, made in a beautiful figured rosé Languedoc marble,...

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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

Lyre Form Clock Garniture, Louis XVI Manner, 19th Century

19th Century French Empire Gilt Dore Bronze Figural Amour & Psyche Mantel Clock

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Very fine gilt bronze figural mantel clock featuring cupid (also known as amour) swooning a butterfly winged psyche. This French mantel clock dates back to the early 1800s and is ver...

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19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

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Bronze

19th Century French Empire Gilt Dore Bronze Figural Amour & Psyche Mantel Clock

German Baroque Style Inlaid Walnut Tall Case Clock, 19th Century

Located in Savannah, GA

German Baroque style inlaid walnut tall case clock, 19th Century. The bonnet with a scroll molded cornice above an arched glazed door opening to a pewter and brass dial with a Roman...

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19th Century German Antique Clocks

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Brass, Pewter

German Baroque Style Inlaid Walnut Tall Case Clock, 19th Century

Exquisite Bronze Dore Richmond Fab Boule Montmartre Mantel Clock, 19th Century

Located in Savannah, GA

Exquisite Bronze dore Richmond Fab Boule Montmartre #17 mantel clock. Made in Paris, France. 19th Century

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Exquisite Bronze Dore Richmond Fab Boule Montmartre Mantel Clock, 19th Century

French Sterling Silver Clock and Ink Stand, circa 1875, Minerva Mark

Located in Los Angeles, CA

French sterling silver clock and ink stand, circa 1875, Minerva mark.

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Sterling Silver

French Sterling Silver Clock and Ink Stand, circa 1875, Minerva Mark

French Regency Gilt Bronze Watch Holder

Located in Hollywood, SC

French Regency gilt bronze watch holder with Laurel wreath lyre, gilt swans, and intricate hand chase work on circular base. Watch consist of porce...

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

French Regency Gilt Bronze Watch Holder

19th Century French Sevres Style Figural Garniture Clock Set

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This excuisite 3-piece 19th century French ormolu mounted porcelain clock set comprising a central clock and a pair of flanking candelabra. The clock in urn shape form over a gilt br...

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

19th Century French Sevres Style Figural Garniture Clock Set

Empire Period Gilt Bronze Clock

Located in Montreal, QC

Empire period gilt bronze figural clock representing Amour & Psyche.

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19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Empire Period Gilt Bronze Clock

Antique Figural Clock

By F. Barbedienne Foundry

Located in Atlanta, GA

Magnificent gilt bronze clock signed Barbadienne founder, rouge Royale marble base.

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Late 19th Century French Antique Clocks

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Antique Figural Clock

French Empire Clock

Located in Hudson, NY

A very finely cast gilt bronze clock depicting Psyche at her toilet. The reflective mirror of polished bronze and that each element is cast separately then screwed on is an excellent...

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19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

French Empire Clock

Biedermeier Period Wood and Gilt Clock

Located in Montreal, QC

Austrian Biedermeier period gilt and polychromed wood clock. Chiseled gold Swiss movement, signed: P.Francois a' Nion.

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19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

Biedermeier Period Wood and Gilt Clock

Signed French Louis XVI Mantle Clock

Located in New York, NY

A French white marble and gilt bronze mantel clock. Signed A. Paris on face.

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19th Century French Antique Clocks

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Signed French Louis XVI Mantle Clock

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.