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Clocks For Sale
LATE 18th CENTURY DIRECTOIRE TEMPLE CLOCK
Located in Firenze, FI
This refined temple clock, crafted from white Carrara statuary marble and decorated with mercury-gilded bronze, features elegant bronze decorations featuring geometric and plant moti...
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Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Mid-Century Space Age German Alarm Clock from Europa, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Space Age German Alarm Clock from Europa, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark. Add...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks

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Plastic

Important Viennese Silver and Enamel Figural Clock, Signed Karl Böhm
By Karl Bender
Located in New York, NY
An important Viennese silver and enamel figural clock, signed by Karl Böhm. This elaborately crafted timepiece is constructed from gilt silver and richly adorned with polychrome enam...
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1880s Austrian Rococo Antique Clocks

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Silver, Enamel

Framed German Black Forest 19th Century Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Although this German 19th century framed clock no longer works, the beauty of its composition gives it another life as a work of art. Behind the glass, th...
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19th Century German Other Antique Clocks

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Metal

Travel alarm clock "Europa", 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Excellent original condition Brass with a brown faux leather cover Still working On the face of the it states that it has two jewels. Measures: Open: Height 8cm x wide 8cm x deep 8 c...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks

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Brass

Antique Walnut Wall Clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Walnut Wall Clock, having a quality carved walnut case with original turned finials, reeded columns and solid walnut carvings and gla...
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Clocks

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Brass

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...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Clocks

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Brass, Chrome

French Directoire Bronze Skeleton Clock
Located in Rome, IT
Extremely fine quality Directoire/Empire gilt bronze mounted gilt brass skeleton clock with enameled chapter ring and openwork movement. Roman numerals for the hours and outer half...
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1790s French Empire Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

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

Vintage 1970s Howard Miller Modern Minimalist Black and Silver Wall Clock
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Vintage Howard Miller Modern Minimalist Wall Clock. This clock features a brushed steel outer casing with aluminum hands set against a black clock face. It is manufactured by the How...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Clocks

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Metal

Massive Chinese Ormolu High Relief Gilt Bronze Automaton Musical Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Massive Chinese Ormolu High Relief Bronze Elephant Automaton Music Bracket Clock A truly magnificent Chinese Guangzhou studio automaton clock , large triple deck body supported on the back of four elephants , extremely ornate bronze case, floral relief, paste-set around the automaton windows and dial, ormolu bronze case, automaton glass waterfall and swimming ducks on the front and both sides, music plays hourly, palm trees on each corners spins as part of the automaton as well. Case: heavy bronze with ormolu gold gilt with large elephants Dial: porcelain dial with Roman numerals Clock Mechanism: 8 day mechanical movement with quarter striking, with studio mark Automaton: plays hourly, 3 large windows on the low deck showing spinning twisted glass tube to imitate waterfall, horizontal glass tubes made to look like river with animating ducks, very impression automaton, palm trees on the corners of upper decks rapidly spin as part of the automaton, 2 ribbons spinning on the center of top double gourd. Music box playing to accompany the automaton, making it a treat for both eyes and ears. Condition: clock is currently cleaned and in proper working order, automaton and music are playing properly as well, however, a professional adjustment is highly recommended after delivery. Literature: From the time the first clocks were brought to China from Europe around 1582, the Chinese Emperors were fascinated with European mechanical clockworks. As objects of curiosity and items of luxury, these early clocks incorporated mechanisms including music and animated figures. European clocks were called "zimingzhong' or "self-sounding bells...
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20th Century Clocks

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Bronze

A Large Art Dec Chrome 8 Day Desk Clock With Temperature Gauge On A Stand 1930s
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Large Art Deco ABEC Chrome 8 Day Working Desk Clock With Temperature Gauge On A Fold-Out Stand. With bevelled glass giving way to the painted dial with Roman numerals. Beautiful...
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Clocks

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Chrome

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...
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1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks

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Metal

Antique Chinese Mother of Pearl Inlaid Automaton Figure Enamel Bracket Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Here we are offering a rare Chinese rosewood bracket clock with enamel column on each side. Front case is inlaid with mother of pearl and nearly in perfect condition. 5 brass finials located on the top of the case. This clock has an 8 day fusee chain driven movement with quarterly striking. On the hour strike, the pair of figures above the dial raises their hammers and strikes the bell. The brass movement is engraved and signed. A large window...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Qing Clocks

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Enamel, Brass

Vintage Waterford Crystal Lismore Carriage Clock
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
An elegant addition to any mantle or desk, the Lismore Carriage Clock features an elegant cream clockface with Roman numerals and brass finish, set in a sweeping frame of fine, handc...
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20th Century Irish Federal Clocks

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Crystal

Howard Miller Graham Bracket Mantel Clock
Located in Pasadena, TX
Finished in Windsor Cherry on select hardwoods and veneers. Brass finished dial offers a silver chapter ring and decorative corner spandrels. A high-precision, German-made, key-wound...
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Late 20th Century American Clocks

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Brass

New Haven Clock Co. Art Nouveau Style Table Clock
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Art Nouveau Style Table Clock. It depicts a small balloon shape clock mounted in copper color metal. A standing young nymph is adorning the front of the case while holding its face. The white enamel round dial of the clock has Arabic numbers and is also decorated with a garland of roses and leaves around the center. The gold color metal hours and minutes hands are made of scrolls of leaves. At the bottom of the dial face is hallmarked New Haven Clock...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Clocks

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Bronze

Bakelite Industrial Factory Wall Clock by Pragotron
Located in Vienna, AT
Industrial wall clock Pragotron. Frame made of bakelite. The clock face is covered with glass. Formerly a slave clock, it is now fitted with a modern quartz movement with an AA-batte...
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1950s Czech Industrial Vintage Clocks

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Glass, Bakelite

Antique French Art Deco Figural Spelter & Onyx Garniture Mantel Clock Set Uriano
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional and difficult to find Art Deco Garniture Clock Set depicting a young lady looking down at birds below. Set between lovely Garnitures of cups or vases with tapered shap...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Clocks

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Onyx, Spelter

Original Art Deco Wall Clock by Adolf Loos Early 20th Century, Functioning
Located in Vienna, AT
Functioning wall clock, model design Adolf Loos, circa 1920, white enameled octagonal metal housing, clear glass in nickel binding (flap missing), black hands and numbers, signs of u...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Clocks

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Brass

Mid-20th Century German Ship's Clock By Schatz
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century ship's clock by Schatz, Germany. handsome brass, mahogany & ebony in the form of a ship's wheel. Bevelled glass set in locking bezel. Double bell strike. Runs 8 days...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks

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Brass

Antique 19th Century French Gilded Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Vilnius, LT
Large antique 19th century French gilded bronze mantel clock surmounted with two angels holding the dial. The enamel dial numerals are hand...
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19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

Miniature English William Congreve Rolling Ball Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Here is a beautiful miniature Congreve rolling ball clock. This one comes with a solid marble display base and protective dome. The glass dome has solid brass frames. The clock is made of heavy solid brass. The time shows on 3 separated porcelain dials - second, minute, and hour. The clock is driven by a double spring movement. It is really fun to watch this clock running. It has an 8 DAY movement. The bigger version from our competitor wouldn't even run 8 days. Our smallest 8 day Congreve clock...
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Late 20th Century Clocks

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Brass

Fine quality antique 19th century Black Forest cuckoo clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique 19th century Black Forest cuckoo clock having a quality carved case with carved leaves and two carved birds flanking the clock...
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19th Century Antique Clocks

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Pine

Antique Edwardian quality rosewood inlaid chiming 8 day mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian quality rosewood inlaid chiming 8 day mantle clock having a quality rosewood inlaid case, a single glazed door to the front of the case with a working lock to the s...
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Early 20th Century Edwardian Clocks

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Glass, Rosewood

Brisa G Wall Clock by Nomon: Modern Walnut & Oak Design from Spain
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Brisa G wall clock is composed of natural walnut or oak leaves and its hands and time signals are available in polished brass. Brisa G wall clock: Body in walnut , Oak or both w...
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2010s Spanish Modern Clocks

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Brass

Exquisite French Empire Ormolu and Cut-Crystal Clock, c. 1815
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
An exquisite French Empire ormolu and cut-crystal clock, c. 1815, attributed to Baccarat. Made from the finest quality mercury gilding ormolu, this c...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

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Crystal, Ormolu

Large Glass Postmodern Memphis Milano Wall Clock by Bino, Italy 80s
Located in Lucija, SI
Large Postmodern Memphis Milano wall clock produce by Bino Italy. Made in glass Unique piece
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Clocks

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Glass, Plastic

Antique French Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
Antique French Ormolu and Sèvres Porcelain Clock ~ French - Circa 1850 ~ ~~ Excellent condition, fully overhauled ~~ A fine and early ormolu ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu

Swedish Antique Mora Clock Fryksdall Green Gold 1800s Gustavian Ekerstrom A
Located in Lewes, England
Antique Swedish mora clock from the early 1800s in lovely Green and Gold finish and Classic Fryksdall detailing with an extended belly shape body, Dual Star Motif and a clean face in...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Clocks

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Wood

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...
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1880s German Antique Clocks

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Brass

19th Century French Louis XVI Style "Astronomy" Mantel Clock, circa 1845
By Perrelet
Located in Greven, DE
French mantel clock "Astronomy" Paris Bronze, marble Mid 19th century Dimensions: H x W x D: 38 x 55 x 16 cm Description: A Louis XVI-style figural mantel clock mounted on a two-t...
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1840s French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Mid Century Modern Spartus Atomic Wall Clock! Hyper-Rare NOS Unused & Mint!
By Spartus Clocks
Located in Peoria, AZ
Time Warp! 1959 Sputnik Styled Spartus Wall Clock New Old Stock! Mint Vintage Condition! This is a spectacular find! An unused Sputnik style mid century modern Spartus wall clo...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Clocks

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Metal

Rare 1965 Men’s Accutron 214 Spaceview M5 Openwork/Skeleton Wristwatch by Bulova
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The 1965 Men's Accutron 214 Spaceview Openwork Wristwatch was a revolutionary timepiece featuring cutting-edge tuning fork technology, setting a new standard for accuracy in the industry by Bulova watches. The Spaceview wristwatch was never intended for the public marketplace. Originally made an openwork skeleton watch for jewelers and watch sellers to show off the revolutionary electronic tuning fork movement to prospective buyers in shops. After being displayed in-store customers immediately began to request these display models for purchase, so Bulova added an hour-and-minute track for customers to be able to read the time for purchase. Without realizing it Joseph Bulova had created an absolute sensation, so the "space view...
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1950s Vintage Clocks

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Stainless Steel

Acf Bangkok Brass Porcelain Neoclassical Cherub Column Mantel Clock 13"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 20th century A.C.F. white porcelain and ornate gilt brass French limoge style mantel clock, hand painted with pink and blue florals. Rectangular base supporting four columns,...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Clocks

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Brass

Fine Antique 19th Century French Rococo Gilded 8 Day Clock Sevres Porcelain 1830
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French eight day mantle clock, gilded and fitted with Sevres porcelain plaques, circa 1830. An early French silk suspension clock, with an eight day time and strike movement, gently sounding the hours and half hour on a bell. The clock is housed in an extravagant gilded gesso Rococo style case and standing on an integral plinth. The clock with a silvered dial having a cuff of engine turned decoration around the center and black Roman numerals to the outside of the dial and the retailer's name "Carl Muller in Berlin" to the center. The base of the clock is fitted with a round hand-painted floral 'Sevres' porcelain plaque, the clock plinth is fitted with a rectangular 'Sevres' plaque, hand-painted with a pastoral scene with a young courting couple and grazing sheep & goats. The clock has just been professionally overhauled and cleaned, it runs and keeps good time, the gilded case and silvered dial and porcelain plaques are in remarkable condition, a very fine clock...
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1830s French Rococo Antique Clocks

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Gold Leaf

Unusual Enamel Wall Clock Ca' 1960's
By Robert Wuersch Associates
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming wall clock in enamel on copper, ca' 1960's. Probably by Robert Wuersch, Falls River, Mass. Battery operated.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks

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Enamel

Fine French Verdi Marble and Bronze Mantel Clock of an Enrobed Wise Old Scholar
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This fine French Verdi marble and bronze mantel clock, circa late 19th century, is a remarkable example of neoclassical artistry and precision timekeeping. The piece features a beaut...
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1920s French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Clocks

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Marble, Slate, Bronze

Mora Clock
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
Swedish Mora clock dated 1870 with hand painted Swedish floral details. Inscription inside the clock and initial of clock maker: APL and vilage of Mora. Working Longcase clock mechan...
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18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Clocks

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Wood

Hourglass Murano Clear Ribbed Studio Art Glass Objects Venini Style
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
An optical blown art glass hourglass with a ribbed surface by unknown artist.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

19th Century Swedish Case Clock
Located in Huntington, NY
A tall Swedish case clock from Smaland with traditional wood carvings and unique plaster decor. Scraped to original green, gold, salmon and white paint. Clock is sold as a decorative...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Clocks

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Iron, Brass

Large and Hand Carved Gothic Revival with Carillon Sound Wall Clock, ca 1900
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning clock for the collectors of rare and truly stylish Gothic antiques. Gothic wall clocks are a rare find and this more than three feet tall specimen probably is the best an...
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Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Clocks

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Brass, Enamel, Wrought Iron

Early 19th Century Ormolu Mantel Clock "Portefaix", Paris, circa 1810
Located in Greven, DE
Pendule Portefaix Paris Bronze, enamel Empire around 1810 Dimensions: H x W x D: 36 x 28 x 11 cm Description: Beautiful, fire-gilded and patinated bronze pendule from the early 19...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

Antique Edwardian Quality Brass Carriage Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian quality brass carriage clock having a quality brass carriage clock with bevelled edge glass panels, 8 day movement and a shaped carrying handle to the top In good...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Clocks

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Brass

Vienna Secession Clock by Bertold Loffler and Anton Kling
By Bertold Löffler
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Literature: MAK, Vienna, Photographic Archive of the Wiener Werkstätte, inventory no. WWF 89-28-3, WWF 112-39-2 (two decor variants, attrbuted to Anton Kling); Arlt, Weilinger, Wiene...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Clocks

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Metal

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

English Fusee Carriage Clock By Thomas Cole and James Ferguson Cole
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Early English Fusee Carriage Clock Attributed to Thomas & James Ferguson Cole London, circa 1833–1838 An exceptional early English fusee carriage clock, attributable to Thomas Cole and his brother James Ferguson Cole, two of the most important and innovative English clockmakers of the nineteenth century. Although unsigned by the brothers themselves, this clock can be confidently attributed on stylistic, technical, and constructional grounds, as documented by John Hawkins in The Hawkins Pictorial Survey of Cole Clocks, Part I. This example represents a Phase I, Type V Cole carriage clock, placing it among the very earliest surviving carriage clocks produced by the Cole brothers. The design and engraving are characteristic of Thomas Cole, while the movement is the work of his elder brother James Ferguson Cole, whose bespoke mechanisms are widely regarded as technically superior and highly individual. The clock is fitted with an eight-day single-chain fusee movement with English lever escapement, the backplate numbered 2020. Hawkins illustrates an almost identical backplate on p. 400. Of particular importance is the distinctive reinforcing bridge to the mainspring, a hallmark of early James Ferguson Cole movements. This bridging system was designed to provide additional strength and depth to the mainspring in these miniature fusee clocks...
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1830s English Antique Clocks

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Bronze

French Malachite Mantel Clock by Vincenti & Cie, Paris, circa 1855
Located in New York, NY
This mid-19th-century French mantel clock, made by Vincenti & Cie, Paris, circa 1855, is clad entirely in richly figured malachite, selected for its intense emerald coloration and dr...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Clocks

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Malachite

Swedish Painted Longcase Clock
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century painted pine tall clock by Mogens Peter Westh. Painted brass face. Clock face contains the designer's name and is dated 1879. Intricate details were created by a true cr...
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19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Clocks

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Wood

An Extremely Rare Ships Wheel Pendulum Four Glass Clock
Located in Amersham, GB
This Fine french four glass mantel clock has a beautifully gilded case with thick bevelled glass panels and doors. the eight day movement with visible jewelled Brocot escapement is m...
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1870s French Victorian Antique Clocks

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Brass, Enamel, Steel, Ormolu

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...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks

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Brass

Late 18th Century Liege Burled Walnut Tall Case Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stately late 18th century Belgian, Liege, tall case clock case having a period Black Forest clock workings with wooden enameled dial and hand-painted fruit decoration, the original...
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Late 18th Century Belgian Black Forest Antique Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel, Iron

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...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Clocks

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Brass

French Belgian Black Slate Mantle Clock with Open Escapement and Malachite Inlay
Located in Doylestown, PA
Horlogerie Paris French Belgian black slate visible escapement mantle clock with malachite inlay, circa 1880. An exquisite showpiece with French eight-day movement reflecting the hi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Clocks

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Malachite, Slate

French Dore Bronze Mounted / Champleve Garniture Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
French three piece dore bronze mounted and champleve Garniture set with gilt gold design details. Each piece is in great condition with wear approp...
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1890s French Antique Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Large Mystery Brass Lady Diana 8 Day 4" Cobalt Blue Ball Swinging Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Large Mystery Diana Cobalt Blue Ball Swinging Clock Excellent Diana statue 4" ball swinger. It has a mechanical movement. The whole clock is measured in 29" high and 12" wide. While...
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1990s Clocks

Materials

Brass

Glass Pendulum Clock Takashi Kato Postmodern, 1980s Japanese Design
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Glass pendulum clock by Sessa. It can be used as both standing on the table and hanging on the wall. Takashi Kato designed a lot of clocks in the 1980s-19...
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1990s Japanese Post-Modern Clocks

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Glass, Plastic

Late 18th Century English Longcase Clock with Moonphases, Manchester, circa 1780
Located in Greven, DE
Late 18th Century English Grandfather Clock with Moonphases England (Manchester) Mahogany second half of 18th century Dimensio...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Clocks

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Mora Clock Swedish 1800s Antique Burgundy and Gold
Located in Lewes, England
Antique Swedish mora clock from the 1800s in lovely rich burgundy finish with a wide belly body and a good face with unusual small second hand dial. Measures: 207 cm. It has the Cla...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Clocks

Materials

Wood

Postmodern Striped Mirror Glass Black & White Wall Clock, 1980s, England
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful post-modern Memphis-style vintage wall clock from the 1980s, made in England. It features a two-tone mirrored glass face with fine black pinstripes — the left side in a d...
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1980s Post-Modern Vintage Clocks

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Plastic

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.