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Clocks For Sale
Louis XV Longcase Clock, France, Mid-18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Grand French longcase clock in Louis XV style featuring a mahogany case adorned with finely cast and fire-gilt bronze mounts. The clock is surmounted by a fully sculpted figure of Ch...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

Comtoise Morbier Tall Case Clock
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice Comtoise Morbier tall clock in a floral paint decorated Pine case, France - late 19th century. Rings on the hour and two minutes after the hour...
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1870s French French Provincial Antique Clocks

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Pine

Art Deco Table Clock Jaeger LeCoultre
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Deco Table Clock Jaeger LeCoultre Origin: Switzerland Materials: Gilt bronze and acrylic 8-day winding (mechanism) Excellent condition – Working Mid-Century Dimensions: 21 x 18 x...
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1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks

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Bronze

Large Siemens Halske Factory, Station or Workshop Wall Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
Plastic frame with the acrylic front made in Germany in the 1970s. Formerly a slave clock, it is now fitted with a modern quartz movement with a battery.
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1970s German Industrial Vintage Clocks

Materials

Plastic, Acrylic

Antique French Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
An exquisite antique French ormolu clock mounted with Sevres style porcelain. Made in finely gilded bronze, sculptured as a large gadrooned and handled urn, draped with acanthus garl...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

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

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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Bronze

Impressive Art Deco Large Wall Clock, England, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this original Art Deco wall clock. The body of the clock is a straight grain walnut with cream enamel Art Deco style numerals and chrome bezel. Originally h...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Clocks

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Chrome

Large French Japonisme Ormolu Garniture Clock Set Attributed to Edouard Lievre
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and finely cast palatial and very large French 19th century Japonisme three-piece ormolu garniture clock set attributed to Edouard Lievre. This striking and extremely u...
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19th Century French Japonisme Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Black Forest Lenzkirch Oak Wood Mantle Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
Black Forest Lenzkirch Oak Wood Mantle Clock, circa 1893, with domed top and applied gilt metal floral and rams head accents, silvered metal clock face and stepped rectangular base o...
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1980s German Black Forest Vintage Clocks

Materials

Metal

Antique Louis XVI Style Malachite Gilt Bronze Tallcase Clock After Riesener
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent antique (mid to late 19th century) tallcase grandfather clock after the original French Louis XVI period design by Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806), with finely cast ormol...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Malachite, Bronze

Arne Hovmand-Olsen Grandfather Clock 1965 in Teak
Located in Handewitt, DE
Arne Hovmand-Olsen, conical shaped Grandfarher clock 1965. With brass hands and brass hour marks. Inside with shelfes. Made in teak.
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Clocks

Materials

Brass

Iconic George Nelson for Howard Miller Mid-Century Modern Starburst Clock
Located in Wheat Ridge, CO
An iconic and authentic George Nelson for Howard Miller Mid-Century Modern Starburst Clock with its original stamp / maker’s mark intact. Measurements: 19.5ʺ wide, 2.5" deep and 19....
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Clocks

Materials

Metal

Japy Freres Antique French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful original gilt bronze antique French clock in the neoclassical style of Louis XVI by the renown maker Japy Frères. Architecturally designed and profusely decorated with ac...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Vintage Industrial Double Sided Bakelite Gents of Leicester Hanging Clock, c1940
Located in London, GB
A double-sided industrial clock made in England by Gents of Leicester. c.1940 12" dials with Bakelite housing, conjoined back to back with metal plate. Gents' iconic hands run on ...
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1940s English Industrial Vintage Clocks

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Metal

Louis XVI Style Bronze Wall Clock Retailed By Tiffany
Located in Essex, MA
With a floral bow over an enameled clock face signed Tiffany And Co. Set in a conforming bronze case with leaf and floral decoration.
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Louis XV Chinoiserie Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock by Raingo Freres
Located in New York, NY
French 19 century Louis XV style Chinoiserie motif gilt bronze cartel clock works signed Raingo Freres.  
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Clocks

Materials

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

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear glass and golden Bronze Clock
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century Hand carved clear glass and golden bronze clock. This clock is in hand-carved glass and the metal part are in golden bronze . On request to customer can modificate th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Clocks

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Ormolu Figural Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Figural Clock, late 19th century, depicting a crouching Aphrodite with Cupid, above the circular enamel dial, strike on bel...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

Large Early Wooden Gents of Leicester Wall Clock, c.1920
Located in London, GB
A beautifully presented early wooden cased wall clock by Gents of Leicester. c.1920. Rich mahogany case with aged brass bezel, 18" dial and glazing. New 240v movement installed.
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1920s English Industrial Vintage Clocks

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Glass, Mahogany

George III English Tallcase Clock with Swan Neck Pediment & Patera Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
George III English Tallcase Clock with Swan Neck Pediment & Patera Inlay, Painted Moon Phase signed “Womersley” ca. 1800
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Early 1800s English George III 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

Materials

Brass

Gustave Serrurier-bovy (1858-1910) "moulin Clock" -1905
Located in Bilzen, BE
Gustave Serrurier-Bovy (1858-1910) Moulin Mahogany, brass, painted glass paste numbers Creation date: 1905 H 59 CM XL 34 CM Original movement, running Bibliography: - Françoise Bi...
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Early 1900s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Clocks

Materials

Brass, Iron

Rocaille Clock In Gilt Bronze, Napoleon III, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Beautiful gilded bronze clock with lively decoration in the rococo style: flowers and foliage, putti Clock which is composed to be seen from all sides; dial with numbers in porcelai...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Rococo Giltwood Clock
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 18th century rococo carved and giltwood shelf clock, the crest with stork holding a bone in his beak pearched on a romantic castle ruin with carved...
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Late 18th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Clocks

Materials

Giltwood

Art Deco Mantel Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
Original condition, perfect working Softwood covered with nutveneer attributed to Kienze
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Clocks

Materials

Nutwood, Softwood

20th century French Louis XVI Marble and Gilded Bronze Mantel Clock, 1940s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Louis XVI-style clock in marble and gilt bronze. Refined details include a delicate dial, decorative birds, and floral ornaments. Perfect for a classic interior or a collection. Acce...
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1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Massive French Style 8 Day Brass Automaton Steam Engine Industrial Mantle Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Large French Style 8 Day Brass Automaton Steam Engine Industrial Clock w Marble Base Here we have a wonderful example of the industrial series popular in French horology. While the ...
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1980s Industrial Vintage Clocks

Materials

Brass

Checkerboard Table Clock, "Tempo 21" Tower 2 by George Nelson, 1984
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare postmodern cream, brown, and navy checkerboard table clock by Howard Miller Clock Company. From the 1984 "Tempo 21" collection. Very few signs...
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1980s North American Post-Modern Vintage Clocks

Materials

Aluminum

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

1930s Art Deco Portoro Marble and Metal French Table Clock
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Exquisite 1930s Art Deco "Gazelle" Mantel Clock in Portoro Marble and Patinated Metal. This magnificent and rare Art Deco table clock is a quintessential piece from 1930s France. Thi...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Clocks

Materials

Marble, Metal

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

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Mahogany

1980 Brutalist Clock by David Marshall, Spain
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Rare brass Brutalist clock brass made by artist David Marshall, circa 80's. Spain. Incredible brutalist clock in perfect condition. A unique piece of design that will be great a high...
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1980s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Antique Victorian quality marble eight day mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality marble eight day mantle clock having a quality black marble mantle clock with ornate gilded brass mounts, circular ornate brass dial with the original hands...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Clocks

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Marble, Brass

Antique German Inlaid French Style Box Wall Clock 8 Day with Westminster Chime
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique German Inlaid French Style Box Wall Clock 8 Day with Westminster Chime. Item features Bronze ormolu, beveled glass door, includes keys as pictur...
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Early 1900s French Provincial Antique Clocks

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Glass, Wood

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

A French ‘Chariot’ Three-pieces Clock Garniture attributed to F.Linke circa 1890
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French Ormolu and Patinated-Bronze ‘Chariot’ Three-pieces Clock Garniture Attributed to François Linke (1855 - 1946), Paris, Late 19th/ Century The clock representing a putto on ...
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1890s French Napoleon III Antique Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

Hermès Stirrup Table Alarm Clock
Located in Munich, DE
Hermes travel clock in silver plate metal, white and beige dial manufactured with a quartz movement. Very good vintage condition in the original box.
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clocks

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Silver Plate, Enamel

Atomic Mid Century Teak Danish Modern European Westclox Pedestal Mantel Clock
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Vintage 1950s Mid Century Teak Danish Modern European Westclox Pedestal Battery Operated Desk Mantle Clock Scotland Stunning, Very Rare, Vintage 50s, Pedestaled, Hand-Moulded bent w...
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Clocks

Materials

Metal

George III Style Automaton Musical Bell Striking Figure Bronze Bracket Clock
Located in Danville, CA
A large English George III Style Musical Automaton bracket clock. The gorgeous gilt bronze case is decorated with beautiful brass casting applications. There is a large 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. Translucent enamel corners surround the center dial. The time and the automaton feature can be seen through a large beveled glass panel. This clock has an 8 day mechanism with hourly striking, driven by triple...
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Late 20th Century American George III Clocks

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Brass, Enamel

Outstanding quality large antique mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Outstanding quality large antique marble mantle clock, Having an outstanding quality marble case with green columns and gold detail, with an 8 day movement striking the hour & half h...
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Clocks

Materials

Marble

French miniature brass carriage clock in case
Located in Delft, NL
French miniature brass carriage clock in case The carriage clock in black leather case has an enamel dial with Roman numerals. The mechanism with an anchor escapement and is of a la...
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Early 20th Century French Clocks

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Brass

Lenzkirch Germany Wood And Dore Mantel Clock Circa 1890-1895
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A mantel clock in reddish- brown figured wood veneer with dore mounts in the baroque style. The gilt metal dial with enamel numerals, the case with dore scrolled acanthus leaf frame ...
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1890s German Baroque Antique Clocks

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Bronze

Exceptional White Marble Figural Sculpture Clock, "Nubian Slaying the Lion"
Located in Queens, NY
An exceptional and monumental white marble figural sculpture clock, "A Nubian Slaying The Lion" by Jean-Joseph Jacquet (Belgian, 1822–1898), c...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Clocks

Materials

Marble

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 Regency inlaid mahogany longcase clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique Regency inlaid mahogany longcase clock, having a fine quality antique Regency longcase clock with a swan neck pediment with brass finales enclosing a broken arch...
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19th Century British Antique Clocks

Materials

Mahogany

French 19th Century Napoleon III Mother of Pearl Inlay Wall Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 19th century clock is stunning with its diamond-shaped, rippling clock frame of ebony-painted wood. Mother-of-pearl floral and foliate designs are inlaid in the stained mahogany...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Clocks

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Brass

Antique Brass Carriage Clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique brass carriage clock, dating to the Edwardian era, having a quality brass case, 8 day French movement. Enamelled dial bearing Rom...
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Early 20th Century Edwardian Clocks

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Marble Mantle Clock
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A stately French Empire mantle clock. In marble with bronze mounts
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19th Century French Antique Clocks

Materials

Marble, Metal

Large French Art Deco Marble Mantel Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
French Art Deco marble mantel clock still in original condition. Bronzed metal, ivory imitation and various types of stone, in the...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Clocks

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Marble, Brass

CARTIER 1935 Art Deco Lady Concealed Watch Purse Tools In 14Kt Yellow Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Multi-tools lady concealed pocket-watch designed by Cartier. This is a very rare multi-tools pocket piece for ladies, created by the French jewelry house of Cartier, back in the 193...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Clocks

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Gold

Froxfield Clock, Elm
Located in London, GB
The Froxfield clock in Elm. A unique limited edition floor clock created by Comitti designer Edmund Barker using selected timbers and contemporary styling. The design is inspired by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Clocks

Materials

Steel

French Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze White Marble Cherub Cupid Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French Louis XVI Style gilt and patinated bronze and white marble figural mantel clock with a figure of a drummer cherub. The brown patina cupid, seated on gilt-bronze clouds ...
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Clocks

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Early 19th Century Ormolu Mantel Clock, Atala freeing Chactas, Paris, circa 1810
Located in Greven, DE
Mantel Clock "Atala and Chactas" Paris Bronze (fire-gilt and patinated), enamel Empire around 1810 Dimensions: H x W x D: 40 x 32 x 11 cm Description: Very rare and extremely high quality French mantel clock, so-called Pendule Au Bon Sauvage. Depicted are scenes from the love story "Atala or the love of two savages in the desert" written by Francois René Vicomte de Chateaubriand in 1801. At the beginning of the 19th century, this was probably the most famous love story in Europe, but today it has been forgotten. The story, set in present-day Louisiana (USA), is roughly rewritten about the forbidden love between Chactas, a young Indian, and Atala, the beautiful daughter of a Spaniard. Chactas is captured in a battle between two Indian tribes, chained to a palm tree and is to be sacrificed. Atala wants to save his life and convert him to Christianity. She unties him from the palm tree at night and they flee together into the wilderness of North America. Their love for each other grows stronger and stronger and they have prospects for a future together. The story takes a tragic turn when Atala, who must remain a virgin due to a vow made by her mother, can no longer withstand the conflict of her feelings and commits suicide. The main group of characters thus shows Chacta's liberation through Atala. Atala is leaning against a pile of logs. The animal fur thrown over the logs and the weapons leaning against the stack on the right give the impression of a night camp. The bronze is of rarely beautiful quality, finely chiselled and makes the scene appear very lively. The contrast of fire-gilded and patinated bronze adds tension to the composition. In the base we see the Entombment as the end of the tragic love story. This bronze work is also very detailed, the interplay of bright and matt gilding makes the flat relief appear much deeper than it is. The depiction of the mantel clock presented here shows that the exotic was only known from stories and that the bronzier had his own ideas about the appearance of this distant world. The Indian, for example, has very European facial features and his skin was not black in reality, of course. The palm tree was also certainly not found in the North American wilderness. The heart of the clock is a French pendulum movement, integrated into the wooden pile, with an eight-day power reserve and a lock plate striking a bell on the half and full hour. The pendulum is suspended on a thread, typical of the period. The classically shaped hands, so-called Breguet hands, are also typical of the time. The enamelled dial has black Roman hour numerals, Arabic quarter hours and bears the signature: Le Roy hr. de Madame A PARIS. Interesting facts: The period from 1795 to about 1815 saw the creation of probably the most spectacular group of bronzes: The "Au bon Sauvage" pendulums - depictions of the "Noble Savage". Today's viewers react to these objects with both fascination and irritation. Enthusiastic on the one hand about the obvious quality of the detailed bronzes and the allure of the exotic, on the other hand distanced and cautious because of the possible discrimination that is suspected behind them. The ambivalence of this feeling motivates the search for the conditions of origin of these pendulums. Europeans found their new ideal of the natural man primarily in fictional and realistic travelogues about the Indians of North America...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Clocks

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Ormolu

Gustavian Tallcase Clock
Located in Greenwich, CT
An elegant tall-case Gustavian clock having an imposing bonnet with an three-finial arched cornice on a sinuous bombe body with shaped door and narrow waist over a curved plinth, all...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Clocks

Materials

Wood

Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock by Henri Picard & Fedinand Barbedienne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Figural Mantel Clock, Horloge à Poser, by Henri Picard and Fedinand Barbedienne - ‘F. Barbédienne & Cie. / A Paris’, after the model by É...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Clock Garniture By Ch. Drieu, Paris
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning 19th century ormolu clock garniture in the Louis XV style by Ch. Drieu, the white enamel with Roman numerals signed “Ch. Drieu, 4 Rue de Thorigny”. The clock is flanked by...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Clocks

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Enamel, Ormolu

Large Electric Neon Clock Co. Two -Color Hexagon Rare Nouveau Gold 1930's -40s
By Electric Neon Clock Company
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Electric Neon Clock Co. Two -Color Hexagon , Rare Nouveau Gold Outer tube.Clock appears to be totally original, Looks green on green when lit. Classic crescent sweeping second...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Clocks

Materials

Metal, Steel

1970s French Perpetual Calendar in Lemon Yellow Retro Plastic Design
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
An authentic 1970s French perpetual calendar, designed as both a practical office tool and a statement piece of Pop design. Featuring the days and months in French, this desk accesso...
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1970s Hong Kong Space Age Vintage Clocks

Materials

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.

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