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Mantel Clocks For Sale
18th Century English George III Ebonised Bracket Clock by Sam Tregent, London
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine late 18th-century English George III bracket clock, signed Sam Tregent, London. The ebonised case is surmounted by a brass carrying handle and adorned with cast gilt bronze fl...
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Brass

19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clock by Delafontaine of Paris
Located in New York, NY
Impressive and very fine quality mantel Louis XVI style clock, 28 by 26 by 12 1/2 inches, by Delafontaine of Paris with movement by Honore Pons.
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Egyptian Revival Mantel Clock, 19th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Mantel clock in patinated and gilt bronze, with red and black marble, in the Egyptian Revival style of the 19th century. The composition features a standing female Egyptian figure h...
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19th Century French Egyptian Revival Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Very Large Antique Louis XV Style Mantel Clock by Beurdeley and Raingo Frères
Located in London, GB
Very large antique Louis XV style mantel clock by Beurdeley and Raingo Frères French, Late 19th Century Height 98cm, width 49cm, depth 24cm This magnificent Louis XV style mantel cl...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks

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Enamel, Ormolu

19th Century Ebonized Westminster Chiming Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An imposing 19th century ebonised, Westminster chiming mantle / bracket clock, having classical gilded ormolu urn finials and scrolling foliate mounts. ...
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Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Mahogany

Napoleon III Gilt Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a wonderful Napoleon III ormolu mantle clock from the estate of a Los Angeles collector from around 1860. There is a zaftig little boy perched at the top of the clock, and f...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Superb Midcentury Studio Craft Floor Clock
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Amazing floor clock executed in black walnut gloriously hand carved to perfection. A stunning showpiece and fine example of Studio Craft Modern. Clock is wind-up and functions well when documented. Can be swapped for battery powered mechanism however the current movement is high quality. Local...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clocks

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Walnut

French Louis XV Style Bronze Three-Piece Garniture Clock Set
Located in Barntrup, DE
Large Louis XV or Rococo style bronze mantel clock and a pair of five-light candelabra, France, 1920s. Decorated with floral and scrolled leaf motif throughout. Brass dial with indi...
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1920s French Louis XV Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Antique French Bronze and Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This large mantel clock is an excellent piece of refined neoclassical design by the acclaimed Deniere et Fils firm. Deniere was one of the leading ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu, Bronze

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Turquoise Sèvres Porcelain 'Jeweled' Clock Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
Late 19th century gilt bronze and turquoise Sèvres porcelain 'Jeweled' three-piece clock set The clock surmounted by a covered urn, the c...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Malachite Ormolu & Bronze Mantel Clock Silk Suspension Movement, 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb quality antique French malachite, bronze and ormolu mantel clock dating from Circa 1850 in date. It features Louis XVI seated on an ormolu throne chair whilst reading a book. The clockmakers name is inscribed on the backplate. It is of high quality and is in excellent clean and running condition having been fully overhauled by our clockmaker. Pendulum is original. The movement bearing the serial number 29, made and signed by Japy Fils 1849. It has an early French silk suspension...
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1850s French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu

Important Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze and Porcelain Clock Garniture, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important Napoléon III gilt bronze and turquoise porcelain clock garniture. French, circa 1870. This very fine clock garniture comprises of a clock and a pair of vase form candelabra. The finely cast and chiselled gilt bronze case has a jewelled turquoise porcelain face with Roman Numerals above a plaque depicting children in a wooded landscape, flanked by expressive male and female cherub figures, cast in the round, beneath a scrolled pediment with torches en flambeau and surmounted by a turquoise vase and cover. The pair of candelabra en-suite are in the form of turquoise porcelain vases...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

19th Century Silvered Bronze / Rouge Marble Clock Garniture Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th Century French silvered bronze and rouge marble three piece decorative clock garniture set . The clock features a classical figured woman with draping garments and flanked by two matching urns...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Silver Leaf

Rosenthal Jugendstil Porcelain Clock with the Goddess Diana (Artemis) the Hunter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Jugendstil porcelain clock. By Rosenthal. In blanc de chine porcelain with gilt accents throughout and a gold washed clock face. Perched atop the clock is the Godde...
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20th Century German Jugendstil Mantel Clocks

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Porcelain

Empire Period Ormolu Mantel Clock by Le Roy et fils
Located in London, GB
Empire period ormolu mantel clock by Le Roy et fils French, c. 1810 Height 36cm, width 37cm, depth 14cm This refined mantel clock was created during the Empire period by the esteem...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu, Enamel

Early 19th Century Gilt Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century Charles X style gilt bronze with figural design detail mantel clock. The clock features a surmounted soldier holding a shield. Eight day spring driven brass moveme...
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

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 Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

1926 René Lalique - Clock Inséparables Parrrots Opalescent Glass Mechanical
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Clock "Inséparables" (Parrots) made in opalescent glass by René Lalique in 1926. Original working mechanical movement. Molded signature. Perfect condition. 8-day movement in working...
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1920s European Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Glass

Red Tortoiseshell and Boulle Table or Mantle Clock
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptionally fine quality French 19th century tortoiseshell and Boulle bracket clock with gilt face set into the most fabulously inlaid fret-cut boule case, decorated all round i...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks

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Tortoise Shell

Empire Clock in representing a Horse and a Dog in Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Restoration-period bronze clock with brown and gilded patina depicting a horse playing with a small dog. Beautiful mercury gilding, the alternating patinas give a nice balance to th...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Antique Jade and Silvered Bronze Mantel Clock Retailed by Yamanaka & Co.
Located in New York, US
Our lovely portico style mantel clock, retailed by Yamanaka & Company Ltd. in New York in the early 20th century, features a silverplate frame flanked by two finely carved foo lions ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Mantel Clocks

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Jade, Metal

19th Century Onyx and Bronze Clock with William Shakespeare
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
A William Shakespeare Gothic revival mantle clock, dating back to the mid-19th century, superb quality and is made from onyx and gilt bronze. The clock showcases reeded column suppor...
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Mid-19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Mantel Clocks

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Onyx, Bronze

Fine Quality French Empire Patinated and Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in New York, NY
A very fine French empire style patinated and gilt bronze mantel clock with neoclassical scene. Stock number: CC59.
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1870s French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

19th Century Swiss Black Forest Carved Walnut Mantel Clock with Cherubs and Bird
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate your buffet or mantel with this monumental antique fruitwood clock. Crafted in Switzerland, circa 1860, the masterpiece time keeper features two hand carved seated cherubs holding a grape basket with a duck, frog and reed decor underneath. The center face has blue enamel roman numbers, and the clock mechanism has been cleaned and checked by our clock expert, and is in very good working order. This important clock...
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Mid-19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Mantel Clocks

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Enamel

Pedro Friedeberg Silver Gilt Vintage Hand Clock
Located in Westport, CT
Pedro Friedeberg handcrafted silver leaf hand clock, vintage early 1960s, with original label from dated service inside, 1969.
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clocks

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Enamel, Silver

19th Century French Charles X Period Foliate Inlaid Mantle Clock with Calendar
Located in London, GB
A French mantel clock of the Charles X period. Constructed in palisander, foliate and line inlaid in boxwood; rectangular form case, surmounted by a gilt bronze carrying handle, h...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Mantel Clocks

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Boxwood

Exceptional Late 19th Century Three-Piece Clock Set by Ferdinand Gervais
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptional late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted marble three-piece clock set By Ferdinand Gervais The lyre shaped case surrounded with bronze roses, acanthus and lilys, a ...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Edwardian quality mahogany inlaid mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian quality mahogany inlaid mantle clock having a quality mahogany inlaid case with a brass bezel, circular dial, original hands, 8 day movement striking on the hour an...
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Early 20th Century Edwardian Mantel Clocks

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Glass, Mahogany

Louis XVI Style Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Lyre Clock Garniture, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style cobalt blue porcelain and gilt-bronze lyre clock garniture, with jewel set pendulum. French, circa 1900. The candelabra bearing a paper label to the und...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Stunning Antique Quality Bronze Marble Clock Garniture w. Bald Eagle Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and amazing 19th century mantel clock garniture. If you are looking for a one of a kind and truly spectacular clock to grace your living space then this work of beauty could ...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Enamel

18th Century Antique Mahogany Bracket Clock by Charles Blanchard of London
Located in Devon, GB
A fine antique George II period mellowed mahogany striking bracket clock, the arched brass dial and verge movement both signed Charles Blanchard, London. The clock is standing on block feet, has glazed sides and an inverted bell top with a brass carrying handle. Literature: Charles Blanchard: 1688-1768 recorded in Baillie 'Watch and Clockmakers of the World, page 29.
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18th Century English George II Antique Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Antique Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Mantel Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian inlaid mahogany mantel clock with a pretty and unusual shaped inlaid case and white enamel dial with eight day movement. In working order with the original key. ...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Mantel Clocks

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Other

19th Century Napoleon III Fire-Gilt Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This beautifully detailed Napoleon III fire-gilt bronze figural mantel clock is from France, circa 1860-1880. Featuring a graceful maiden in classical dress seated upon a boulder. Th...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Rene Lalique Clock
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Rene Lalique clock "Quatre Moineaux du Japon". In clear and frosted glass with white patina. This model was created on April 3, 1928 exclusively f...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Art Glass

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

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Marble, Brass

French White Marble and Ormolu Mantel Clock by Samuel Marti
Located in Norwich, GB
French white marble and Ormolu mantel clock by Samuel Marti. White marble case with stepped raised plinth with ormolu mounts and beaded decoration surmounted by an ormolu wreath and standing on decorative ormolu feet. Gilded chased bezel with bevelled glass. Enamel dial with floral decoration, Arabic numerals and original gilded hands signed ‘Comptoir General, J.Pratt, Paris, 9 Bd Poissonnies’. French eight day movement with outside countwheel and anchor escapement striking the hours and halves on a silvered bell marked for Samuel Marti. C.1880 The clock was retailed by Le Comptoir General a prestigious decorative and fine art store in France. At this time the Comptoir General was represented by J.Pratt who was located at 9, Boulvard Poissonnies. ‘Samuel Marti & Cie’ were well known French clockmakers working from their premises at Le Pays De Montbeliard Paris from just before 1860. They were awarded the medaille de bronze...
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1880s French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble

A rare 17th century English eight-day spring-driven table clock by J Gerrard
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Rare Late 17th Century English Eight-Day Spring-Driven Table Clock, Circa 1700. England Signed J. Gerrard. This exceptional late 17th-century English eight-day table clock is a s...
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17th Century English William and Mary Antique Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Antique Mantel Clock with Eagle and Chamois Family, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Mantel Clock with Eagle and Chamois Family, ca. 1900 A large Black Forest wooden carved mantel clock with an eagle on top and a chamois defending her child. The clock is embedded in a handcarved wood pile. A masterpiece of Brienz woodcarvings which brightens up any chimney piece. The clockwork is cleaned and overworked by a clockmaker - working order. Soberly considered mantel clocks are small pendulum...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Mantel Clocks

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Wood

Fine French Marble and Bronze Mantel Clock and Garnitures A.D. Mougin
Located in Houston, TX
Deep Verde marble case with Corinthian columns adorn this fine clock, 19th century. Enamel face with gilt bronze center decorate this clock. Bronze lion si...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble

Benedict Studios Arts & Crafts Bronze Mantel Clock, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period bronze mantel clock with an emblems of classical Greek figures By Benedict Studios (signed to the underside) USA, Ci...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Fine Gilt-Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Clock, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt bronze and champlevé enamel clock. French, circa 1880. The movement with impressed stamp to the backplate 'Vincenti et Cie 'Médaille D'Argent 1855', 'PARIS'. Thi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock By Japy Freres
Located in New York, NY
Unique Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Hand Painted Porcelain Mantel clock C.1870's by Japy Freres This impressive mantel clock in the Napoleon III taste with Sèvres style celeste blue...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Early 19th Century English Regency Marble & Ormolu Mounted Mantel Clock
Located in Dublin, IE
The superb English 19th century timepiece has a single train fusee movement with a gilt dial and raised numerals cased in a drum head. The two seated reading figures that flank the g...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze & Marble Garniture
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze and Black Marble Garniture Set, pair of candelabra and mantel clock, the clock face with Roman numeral indices and marked "Imperial", each wi...
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

French Inlaid Portico Empire Style Mantle Clock
Located in Kingston, NY
French 19th-century mantle clock features a bronze and inlaid veined wood veneer portico design. The clock is adorned with gilded ornaments, including a decorative pendulum and intri...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Unusual shaped antique Victorian quality marble eight day mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual antique Victorian quality marble eight day mantle clock having a unusual quality antique Victorian marble mantle clock, Having a quali...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble

Egyptian Revival Bronze and Marble French Mantle Clock
Located in Bronx, NY
This wonderful 1920s Egyptian Revival clock is surmounted with an Assyrian style lamassau (human headed winged lion) and flanked by a pair of re...
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Early 20th Century French Egyptian Revival Mantel Clocks

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Belgian Black Marble

Triptych Clock G. Philippe Palais Royal, 66-67, XIXth century
Located in Milano, IT
Triptych clock in gilded and chiseled bronze with carved and gilded wooden bases. The clock with a large rectangular base features finely worked burin d...
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19th Century French Other Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

An Amsterdam School clock, ca 1920
Located in Delft, NL
An Amsterdam School clock, ca 1920 Hendrik Johannes Winkelman and van der Bijl studio and design by Hildo Krop. Around the 1920s, Krop designe...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Mantel Clocks

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Copper

French Fluorspar and Ormolu Clock Garniture
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful French clock garniture, styled in the Louis XV taste, is a charming work of artistry and craftsmanship. Crafted of richly veined and brightly-hued fluorspar mounted wi...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Mantel Clocks

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Stone, Bronze

A-E Beurdeley, « The Coronation of Science » Clock, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed on the dial A. Beurdeley Paris Mechanism signed J LEFEBVRE FILS PARIS Rare Louis XVI style clock in mercury-gilded and patinated chiseled bronze and white marble. In the form of an arched pediment, it is decorated with four Cupids, two carrying a garland of flowers highlighting the dial, and two others symbolizing the coronation of Science. The molded base in white marble, with a double recess, is decorated with a ribboned torus, a frieze of ribboned oak leaves and interlacing, and rests on six flattened ball feet. Related work : In 1774, the bronze-caster Robert Osmond (1711-1789) designed a first model known as “architectural drawing” illustrating The Coronation of Science. Also called The Children of France, it is decorated with a putti crowning a young girl drawing with a compass and delivered to Versailles by Lépine, clockmaker to the King since 1762, for the apartment of Madame Royale in the Princes’ Wing, on December 28, 1778. (see photo attached) This clock is described in the inventory of Versailles clocks...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Marble and Patinated Bronze Egyptian Revival Mantel Garniture for Tiffany & Co
Located in Montreal, QC
Marble and Patinated Bronze Egyptian Revival Mantel Garniture Set Set is comprised of a clock and a pair of obelisks. Clock features a bronze lamassu and engraved and gilt hieroglyph...
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1890s French Late Victorian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble

French Empire Bronze Marble Figural Clock, c. 1830
Located in Astoria, NY
French Empire Patinated and Gilt Bronze Verde Antico Marble Figural Clock, circa 1830, the clock surmounted with seated figures of Apollo and Diana, each holding a torch, the clock w...
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1830s French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Antique French Orientalist Arab 8 Day Gilt Bronze Statue Clock Garniture, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A Fine & important French bronze statue 8 day clock garniture in the Orientalist style, circa 1880. The 8 day clock with a time and strike mechanism, sounding the hours and half hours on a pleasant mellow sounding bell. The clock is house in a lavish bronze case heightened with silver gilt, to the top is an engraved 'Minaret' shaped finial and below a gallery of silvered and gilt bronze leaves. The white enamel clock dial having black Arabic numerals, the center of the dial with a bas relief of palm trees and figures below the sun and a fort to the background. The front of the clock is shaped like a Mihrab (a niche in a mosque), to the base is another bas relief an East Indian scene with gilded bronze figures holding muskets and spears, with an elephant and tiger...
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1880s French Islamic Antique Mantel Clocks

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Gold, Silver, Bronze, Enamel

Antique French Art Deco Cold-painted Bronze Marble Figural Clock Garniture 1925
Located in Portland, OR
A very stylish antique French Art Deco clock cold-painted figural bronze & marble three piece garniture, circa 1925. The garniture comprising three pieces, to the center the clock of geometric stepped form with four colors of variegated marble and is adorned with a a cold-painted bronzed spelter female beauty playing a tambourine and to the right size is a young girl dancing, the larger of the two figures is signed by the artist " E. Seca ". The clock dial having a stepped brass bezel surround, the rectangular clock...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Spelter

Large and Impressive 1930s Art Deco Red Bakelite Mantle Clock by JAZ
By Jaz
Located in Devon, England
This is the daddy of true 1930s Art Deco clocks. Made in France by the very collectable JAZ company, this clock screams everything about the Deco era we all love and admire, streamli...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Mantel Clocks

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Chrome

Art Deco Bronze Clock Garniture Set "Patience" by Suzanne Bizard Circa 1925
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Introducing "Patience," a captivating Early Art Deco figural clock garniture set, made by the a renowned sculptor of the Art Deco era, Suzanne Bizard. Exquisite clock features a be...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

19th C. Tall Louis Philippe Carved Alabaster and Brass Clock Under Glass Dome
Located in Morristown, NJ
Mid 19th C, France, a highly decorative antique mantel clock enclosed under a glass dome. The clock is made of alabaster, a material often used in neoclassical and empire-style cloc...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Mantel Clocks

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Alabaster, Brass

Gilt Bronze Footed Marble Base Mantel Clock Depicting Carthage Warrior
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Elevate your surroundings with a truly exquisite mantel clock that seamlessly marries the opulence of gilt bronze with the timeless beauty of green marble. This stunning timepiece fe...
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Early 20th Century American Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Hilton McConnico and Hour Lavigne for Lanvin, Mantel Clock, Mid-Century Design
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and extremely rare limited edition Memphis mid-century design blue cement, beaver hair and plexiglas mantel clock by Hilton McConnico for Lanvin, manufactured by Hour Lavigne ...
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1990s French Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clocks

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Cement, Metal

Vintage, New and Antique Mantel Clocks

Personal time-telling devices may have migrated from our pockets to our wrists and finally onto our phones, but despite the convenience of a handheld digital timekeeper, nothing can beat well-made vintage, new and antique mantel clocks.

Invented by clockmakers in France and popularized in the 18th and 19th centuries, these practical yet ornate pieces were typically displayed on top of fireplaces or desks. While the most common mantel clocks were created in the traditional tambour style, which features a wide base that flares into an upright drum- or camelback-shaped case, modern clockmakers and furniture designers have experimented with their own ideas for these decorative objects over the years, introducing different forms and working with unconventional materials. A collection of whimsical, monochromatic handmade mantel clocks crafted by Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk, called Floating Frames, for example, features minimalist frames of anodized wire and ceramic clockfaces.

When shopping for an antique, vintage or new mantel clock, don’t be afraid to branch out. Wood mantel clocks of any era will bring a classic, elegant allure to the shelving in your living room or the bookcase in your bedroom, while Empire-style mantel clocks will comparatively boast eye-catching gilt bronze and pronounced sculptural attributes. Some Art Deco mantel clocks will feature an integration of marble or glass and will likely be marked by the decorative embellishments associated with that particular furniture style.

There’s just something about cool clocks, right? Spend your time with an extraordinary collection of mantel clocks on 1stDibs today.

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