Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks For Sale

English Masonic Oak Tall Case Clock H. Peach. Circa 1820

By H. Peach

Located in Hollywood, SC

English Oak Masonic tall case clock with brass Eagle finial over broken pediment, arched bonnet, fluted brass hood columns with upper secret drawer,...

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1820s English George III Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Brass

English Masonic Oak Tall Case Clock H. Peach. Circa 1820

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 Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Metal

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

English Mahogany Tall Case Clock Signed by Maker M. Richardson, London, C. 1790

Located in Hollywood, SC

English Mahogany tall case clock with brass finials, arched bonnet with brass fluted columns, gilt ormolu and chased polished steel fa...

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1790s English George III Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Brass, Steel

English Mahogany Tall Case Clock Signed by Maker M. Richardson, London, C. 1790

Mora Clock

Located in Crowthorne, Surrey

1900's Swedish Mora clock with cream and gold paint detailing. Carved detailing to crown. Working Longcase clock mechanism of pendulum and 2 weights and a bell chime on the hour. Wi...

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1880s Swedish Gustavian Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Wood

Mora Clock

Early 19th Century Swedish Wooden Floor Clock

Located in High Point, NC

Embrace the whispers of history with this early 19th Century Swedish wooden floor clock, an objet d'art steeped in a sense of time and tradition. Its stately presence is accentuated ...

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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Wood

Early 19th Century Swedish Wooden Floor Clock

Italian modern Wall or table pendulum clock by 555 Shanghai in wood glass, 1980s

Located in MIlano, IT

Italian modern Wall or table pendulum clock by 555 Shanghai in wood, metal and glass, 1980s Wall or table pendulum clock with square wooden structure in different shades. On the fron...

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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Metal

Italian modern Wall or table pendulum clock by 555 Shanghai in wood glass, 1980s

Early 19th Century Swedish Wooden Floor Clock

Located in High Point, NC

This early 19th Century Swedish wooden floor clock stands as a towering testament to the enduring elegance of Scandinavian design. Its tall, slender body is shaped from wood that bea...

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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Wood

Early 19th Century Swedish Wooden Floor Clock

Fine Quality Antique Oak 8 Day Chiming Grandmother Clock

Located in Ipswich, GB

Fine Quality Antique Oak 8 Day Chiming Grandmother Clock having a quality oak case with carved mouldings and fine barley twist columns, with an ornate dial and a arched brass face wi...

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Early 20th Century Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Brass

Fine Quality Antique Oak 8 Day Chiming Grandmother Clock

Georgian early 19th century oak long case clock

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Georgian early 19th century oak long case clock circa 1810. Grandfather clock by benjamin cope. Movement has just been fully overhauled and professionally serviced. Enamel clock f...

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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Brass

Georgian early 19th century oak long case clock

Antique Edwardian Conch Shell Inlaid Mantle Clock 1900s

Located in London, GB

This is a pretty antique Edwardian inlaid mahogany mantel clock, circa 1900 in date, complete with the original winding key. It has a beautiful beautiful shaped case with string in...

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Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Mahogany

Antique Edwardian Conch Shell Inlaid Mantle Clock 1900s

19th Century Swedish Country Pine Bureau Clock Cabinet

Located in Kramfors, SE

Antique bureau clock cabinet from northern Sweden. The cabinet is dated 1863 but is likely older than that, from around 1840 to 1860. A good example of old ingenuity and compact livi...

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Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Pine

19th Century Swedish Country Pine Bureau Clock Cabinet

Floor clock in style of Vienna secession

Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK

Floor clock in style of Vienna secession. Professionally stained and repolished.

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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Brass

Floor clock in style of Vienna secession

Outstanding quality 18th century carved oak long case clock

Located in Ipswich, GB

Outstanding quality 18th century carved oak long case clock by Smith Macclesfield, having an outstanding quality carved oak case with three finials to the top of the case, a brass fa...

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Early 18th Century Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Oak

Outstanding quality 18th century carved oak long case clock

19th Century Swedish Painted Longcase Mora Clock

Located in Bradenton, FL

19th century Swedish Painted longcase Mora Clock, Gotland, circa 1820. Features red painted body with blue painted inserts. Clock has a painted tin face with Roman numerals encased b...

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19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Wood, Paint

19th Century Swedish Painted Longcase Mora Clock

19th Swedish Gustavian Longcase Painted Mora Clock

Located in Bradenton, FL

19th century Swedish Gustavian longcase painted clock, featuring an elegant and slender wooden case with decorative details. Scraped down to the original Polychromed painted and hand...

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19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Wood, Paint

19th Swedish Gustavian Longcase Painted Mora Clock

Very rare and early Rolex President with red Date

By Rolex

Located in Munich, DE

Very rare and beautiful Rolex day date / president with all red date. usually the rolex president has a black date, a few have a so called roulette date disc with red date on even da...

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1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Gold

Very rare and early Rolex President with red Date

19th Century Tiffany & Co Tiger Oak Figural Tall Case Grandfather Clock

Located in Long Branch, NJ

19th Century Tiffany & Co Tiger Oak Figural Tall Case Grandfather Clock Dimensions : 102" Tall X 24" Wide X 18" Deep This stunning grandfather clock was made in the late 19th cent...

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Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Oak

19th Century Tiffany & Co Tiger Oak Figural Tall Case Grandfather Clock

American Federal Tallcase Clock in Mahogany

Located in Atlanta, GA

American Federal Tallcase Clock in Mahogany with Pierced Crest, Brass Finials & Painted Face, Signed “Jere Fellows Kinsington” early 19th Century

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19th Century Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Brass

American Federal Tallcase Clock in Mahogany

Antique Quality Oak Brass Face Eight Day Chiming Grandmother Clock

Located in Suffolk, GB

Antique quality oak brass face Eight day chiming grandmother clock having a quality brass face with original hands, eight day chiming movement every fifteen minute, lovely Jacobean...

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Early 20th Century English Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Brass

Antique Quality Oak Brass Face Eight Day Chiming Grandmother Clock

Early 20th Century Carved Oak Gothic 5 Gong Tall Case Grandfather Clock

Located in Long Branch, NJ

Early 20th Century Carved Oak Gothic 5 Gong Tall Case Grandfather Clock Dimensions : 109" Tall X 23" Wide X 19" Deep This grandfather clock was made in the early 1900's and has a ...

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Early 20th Century American Gothic Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Oak

Early 20th Century Carved Oak Gothic 5 Gong Tall Case Grandfather Clock

Antique Mora Clock, Swedish, 1800s, Duck Egg Blue Country Style

Located in LONDON, GB

Antique Swedish mora clock from the 1800s in lovely later duck egg blue finish and SGS inscription with a wide belly body and a good face. Measures: 195 cm. It has the Classic exten...

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Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Wood

Antique Mora Clock, Swedish, 1800s, Duck Egg Blue Country Style

19th Century Scottish Regulator Longcase Clock, Precision Grandfather Clock

Located in Greven, DE

Antique precision regulator, grandfather clock with seconds pendulum Scotland Mahogany, brass First half 19th century Dimensions: H x W x D: 202 x 50 x 25 cm Description: Exceedingly decorative and extremely high quality finished seconds pendulum clock from the early 19th century. Solid and veneered mahogany clock case standing on pedestal plates...

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19th Century Scottish Regency Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Brass

19th Century Scottish Regulator Longcase Clock, Precision Grandfather Clock

Bleached Oak Horloge De Parquet Clock Case from Liege, Belgium, circa 1870

Located in Dallas, TX

Hand-carved in Liege, Belgium circa 1870, this horloge de parquet has a commanding presence. The oak wood has been bleached, revealing great graining to the tan colored wood. A th...

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1870s Belgian Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Wood, Oak

Bleached Oak Horloge De Parquet Clock Case from Liege, Belgium, circa 1870

Arthur Umanoff for Howard Miller Eight Day Wall Clock with Chimes

By Howard Miller, Arthur Umanoff

Located in Ferndale, MI

Modernist take on a kind of deconstructed grandfather clock look. Lucite case allows internal works to be part of the design. Eight day weights, chains and pendulum in chrome. Clock ...

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Brass, Chrome

Arthur Umanoff for Howard Miller Eight Day Wall Clock with Chimes

Swedish Mora Clock

Located in Hollywood, FL

This is a 100% original painted Swedish Mora clock, "Moreen" model. Maker, "Sven Nilsson Morin" he made his clocks from 1780-1810. New battery work...

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1780s Swedish Country Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Pine

Swedish Mora Clock

19th C French Tall Case Morbier Clock or Comtoise Signed B. Bignon à la Martigné

Located in Milford, NH

A fine faux bois grain painted pine case comtoise or morbier tall clock of a grand scale with porcelain enameled clock face with Roman numeral dial and calendar, signed by the clockm...

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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Pine

19th C French Tall Case Morbier Clock or Comtoise Signed B. Bignon à la Martigné

French 19th Century Walnut Bonnet Top Grandfather Clock with Griffin Motifs

Located in Atlanta, GA

A country French walnut grandfather clock from the 19th century, with brass Empire style griffin figures and 'chapeau de gendarme' top. Created in France during the 19th century, thi...

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19th Century French Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Brass

French 19th Century Walnut Bonnet Top Grandfather Clock with Griffin Motifs

Palatial & Rare Napoleon III French Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Clock, Detouche

By C. Detouche

Located in New York, NY

A palatial, extremely rare, and important Napoleon III French ormolu and patinated bronze regulateur de parquet clock, by Louis-Constantin Detouche, Paris, circa 1850. The clock case made form the finest French ormolu, with 2 very large patinated bronze seated putti The white enamel dial Signed C. DETOUCHE/ PARIS. The clock movement is numbered 7064 and stamped with maker’s stamps C. Detouche RUE st. MARTIN and C. DETOUCHE 158 R. St MARTIN 160, with medaille d’argent stamp, on a serpentine part ebonized mahogany plinth. At over six feet tall, the present clock is impressive in scale and rare in Detouche’s oeuvre. While other large clocks were produced by the firm, few of this scale are so overtly decorative and usually incorporate greater mechanical complication. For example, a gilt bronze astronomical regulator clock...

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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Bronze, Ormolu

Palatial & Rare Napoleon III French Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Clock, Detouche

Swedish 18th Century Birchwood Clock with Rectangular Head with Black Accents

Located in Atlanta, GA

A Swedish 18th century birchwood clock with rectangular head, circa 1765. This clock retains it's original metal face, hands and movement. This clock features beautiful birch wood, ...

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18th Century Swedish Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

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Pewter

Swedish 18th Century Birchwood Clock with Rectangular Head with Black Accents

Antique Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks for Sale on 1stDibs

Antique grandfather clocks and longcase clocks are staples of old-world design sensibilities, and, along with their storied history, these statuesque timepieces can bring a feeling of warmth to living rooms, dining rooms and other areas of your home.

Longcase clocks, which originated in England and were manufactured in the United States beginning in the 1700s, refer to tall clocks with a face and clock works positioned high in the housing while a large swinging pendulum movement is tucked inside the case, which is supported by a carved base called a plinth.

While guests making their way through your foyer (another ideal location for such a furnishing) might typically refer to your longcase clock as a “grandfather clock,” there are actually three varieties of these stylish floor clocks, which include granddaughter clocks (the shortest, generally not one solid piece of wood and around three to five feet tall), grandmother clocks (the slimmer middle ground, between five feet and six feet tall) and grandfather clocks, which are typically between six and seven feet tall.

Sculptural and statement-making, antique grandfather clocks created by the likes of the Seth Thomas Clock Company, the Howard Miller Clock Company, Hermle or other clockmakers are an alluring choice in filling up space in a room, while the shorter longcase clocks are just as useful if you need an element that is comparatively muted or you’re working with limited space.

Each generation of artisan clockmakers, working in various furniture styles over time, contributed its own flourishes to the design of longcase clocks. Antique grandfather clocks in the Georgian style share commonalities with neoclassical design. They were often made in dark woods such as mahogany and feature intricate carving. Mahogany is also common for Victorian-era grandfather clocks, although examples of this style can be found in oak and walnut too. Designers of contemporary grandfather clocks are using a range of materials.

It’s easy to get confused when determining the origins or value of an antique grandfather clock or other vintage longcase clock. While an antique appraiser will be able to tell quickly, searching for a manufacturer’s name engraved on the face and dial of the clock may be an easy way to learn about the history of your clock.

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