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Mantel Clocks For Sale
Franz Hermle German Tambour Mantle Clock
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Franz Hermle German tambour mantle clock. It’s case is made of wood. It is adorned with with some fine and delicate carved scrolls in the front....
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20th Century German Art Deco Mantel Clocks

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Wood

A Vintage Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos Clock Working With Original Box & Paperwork
Located in London, GB
This Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos Clock is a vintage masterpiece that comes with its original box and paperwork. The clock has a shiny finish an...
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Mid-20th Century Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Large 18th Century French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Boulle inlaid Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
Very large (40 inch tall) ormolu bronze mantel clock from the Louis XV period with Boulle style inlaid brass and enamel decorations with original pendulum. By the Paris maker, Denis ...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

French 19th Century Louis XVI Gilded Bronze and Marble Mantel Clock
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique 19th century French Louis XVI style gilded bronze and white marble mantel clock. The circular case is decorated with a floral elements and surmounted by the figures of Venus...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

French Louis XV Porcelain Patinated Gilt Bronze Clock Signed Hottot Japy Freres
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous French antique, circa 1850, Sevres style porcelain mounted gilt metal mantel clock by Parisian sculptor and merchant Louis Hottot (1829-1905), with stamped Japy Freres sil...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks

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Metal, Brass, Bronze

Art Deco Stylish Mantel Clock By Gustav Becker, Germany, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Absolutely spectacular Art Deco mantel clock with a wonderful cloud shape case with the movement marked GB a clockmaker Gustav Becker dating the clock to...
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Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Antique French Gilt Bronze Rococo Clock by Samuel Marti
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning original antique French gilt bronze clock by Samuel Marti. Beautifully made in he Rococo style, formed of sinuous curves of acanthus and scrolls, pieced to allow the pendu...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

19th Century Gold French Empire Gilded Bronze Table Clock, Antique Pendule
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold, antique French table clock, pendulum made of hand crafted fire-gilded bronze, in good condition. The circular enamel dial of the Pa...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Metal, Bronze

Eastlake Carved Walnut Mantle Clock C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Eastlake Carved Walnut Mantle Clock C1890. 25 5/8" x 12 3/8" x 4 1/2". A well crafted Eastlake mantle clock from circa 1890, featuring intricate carved walnut detailing. The cl...
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Late 19th Century Antique Mantel Clocks

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Walnut

Rare Art Deco Marble & Onyx Mantle Clock w. Bronze Dog & Cat, Ball Playing Theme
Located in Lisse, NL
Very rare, perfectly running and sculptural, French Art Deco marble pendulum clock. Movement: Japy Frères (1806-1930) If you are looking for an attractive antique mantel clock to g...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Mantel Clocks

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Onyx, Marble, Brass, Bronze, Metal

Antique L Marti et Cie Reuge Marble Slate Bronze Mantel Clock Garniture Set 1889
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 19th Century L. Marti et Cie French Napoleon III style Mantel Clock & Garniture Set. The beautifully designed lcock is made from slate with filigree engraving, reuge marble pan...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Slate, Bronze

19th Century Bronze Mounted Sevres Three Piece Clock Garniture
Located in Dallas, TX
Impressive three piece gilt bronze mounted Sevres robin egg porcelain clock set, center clock urn having amorial bow and quiver finial and rams head handles, body with hand painted c...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

Antique French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful antique French gilt bronze clock by A. D. Mougin. Modelled in architectural form and covered with scrolling acanthus decoration to represent a romantic ruin. To the top ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

KIENZLE Art Deco Macassar Ebony and Oak Mantle Clock
Located in Chicago, IL
1930s Art Deco mantle clock by Keinzle, one of the top clock manufacturers in Germany during the Art Deco period. Constructed of Macassar Ebony or Zebra wood and oak wood with brass ...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Metal, Brass

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 Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Antique Victorian French Ornate Ormolu And Alabaster Mantle Clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian French ornate ormolu and alabaster mantle clock having a quality pair of ormolu figures holding a birds nest over a circular porcelain dial with original hands, 8 d...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Alabaster, Ormolu

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 Mantel Clocks

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Nutwood, Softwood

Fine Quality French Dore' Bronze Figural Mantel Clock with Sevres Plaques
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb gold dore' bronze figural French made Louis XV style clock with Sevres plaques. The clock is absolutely breathtaking and would make a fantastic focal point in the ri...
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1930s French Louis XV Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

French 19th century Marble and Ormolu clock, by Chaumont & Languereau
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Marble and Ormolu clock, by Chaumont & Languereau. This large scale clock is raised by six Ormolu toupie shaped feet ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu

Tiffany & Co. Ormulu Bronze Champlevé Enamel Mantel Clock Garniture
Located in Guaynabo, PR
Tiffany's clock case with enamel roman numbers and bronze snake dials. At the top, the clock is adorned with an Indian palace gallery and dome that has a crane finial over it and dragon head legs. The rectangular clock...
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Late 19th Century American Japonisme Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

Bronze Ansonia "The Composer " Figural Mantel Clock
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Bronze Ansonia " The Composer" figural mantel clock, with a seated figure surmounted on a Rococo style base. Clock is signed 4-inch porcelain dial with Roman numerals and stamped ste...
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Early 1900s North American Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Art Deco Amsterdamse School Mantel Clock by Mundiklok, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and elegant Art Deco Amsterdamse School mantel clock.Design by Mundiklok.Striking Dutch design from the 1920s.Solid oak base with original macassar ebony veneered elements a...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

19th C Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Elephant Clock Signed by Barreau F. de Bronzes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent Louis XV style French gilt bronze elephant clock, signed by Barreau F. de Bronzes, dating to the 19th century. This highly decorative timepiece exemplifies the elegance...
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19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Stunning antique Victorian quality burr walnut mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning antique Victorian quality burr walnut mantle clock, having a quality burr walnut case with carved scrolls, circular dial with Roman numerals ...
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Walnut

Glass Dome Bronze / Wood Base Porcelain Face Mantel Clock
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Elevate your home decor with the exquisite fusion of artistry and function embodied in the Glass Dome Bronze and Porcelain Face Ansonian Crystal Palace Mantel Clock. This remarkable ...
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1880s American Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Maitland Smith Mahogany Curio Golf Ball Display Wall Cabinet Case German Clock
Located in Dayton, OH
A rare Maitland Smith curio cabinet. Made from naturally distressed mahogany with glass front opening to four shelves with brass tee shaped pedestals intended to display golf balls. The crown of the clock showcases crossed golf clubs over a German made clock...
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Late 20th Century British Colonial Mantel Clocks

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Brass

A Monumental Renaissance Revival Clock Garniture, Attributed to Feuchère
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Large and Important Louis Philippe Period Gilt-Bronze Three-Piece Clock Garniture. Attributed to the Feuchère family. The clock movement by Hémon. In the Renaissance revival style. Comprising a clock and a pair of nine-light candelabra. The clock case of architectural out-shape with cherubic term figures supporting a rectangular pediment centred by an urn. The sides of the clock tower cast in relief with strapwork and foliage. The dial inset with enamel Roman numeral chapters. The twin-barrel clock movement with tic-tac escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell. Pendulum and winding key. The candelabra as twin-handled vases supporting tiered branches with candle nozzles. Modelled en suite with naturalistic scrolls and foliage. Surmounted by finials modelled as an eagle toying with a serpent. The scrolled handles flanked by cherubic figures and serpents. The bodies fronted by bacchic masks and supported on socles bearing angels. France, Circa 1835. The clock movement signed ‘HEMON A PARIS’. The clockmaker Claude Hémon was established at rue de St. Martin circa 1810-1820. Dimensions, the clock: Height : 106 cm 42 inches Width : 58 cm 23 inches Depth : 38 cm 15 inches Weight : 72 kg Dimensions, the candelabra: Height : 104 cm 41 inches Width : 36 cm 14 inches Depth : 36 cm 14 inches Weight : 28 kg (each) This magnificent clock garniture of palatial size is designed in the Renaissance revival style and dates to the Louis Philippe period. Executed in sculptural gilt-bronze with leaves, scrolls, masks and exotic birds, the naturalistic ornament represents an elaborate system of allegories and mythological iconography which recall the influence of Italian Mannerist art in France. The distinctive design reflects a new style which replaced the neoclassism of the French Empire period. With the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, artists and designers sought a new decorative vocabulary with which to aggrandise the Bourbon restoration. With the French revolution and Louis XVI’s execution still within living memory, it seemed too soon for a revival of the style of the Grand Siècle. Instead they looked further back to the time of François I, whose patronage of Italian artists had brought the Renaissance to France. The idea of a renaissance revival appealed to the new Bourbon monarchs and their patronage ignited great creativity in the arts. The reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, who were brothers of the late King, Louis XVI, and later of Louis Philippe I, nicknamed the Citizen King, coincided with the enlightenment and the dawn of the industrial age. Great technical progress was made in metallurgy and casting which raised the art of bronze making to new heights in the hands of great masters such as Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843) and Pierre- Jean-François Denière (1774-1866). The renaissance provided a rich and varied source book in architecture, furniture and other decorative arts for designers such as Claude Aimé Chenavard (1798-1838) whose Album de l’ornemaniste (1835) became a reference work. Léon Feuchère (1804-1857) also produced drawings of interiors, silver, bronzes and furniture and was a scion of the prominent family of bronze castors established by his grandfather Pierre-François Feuchère (1737-1823) who had worked as a gilder for the bronze caster Pierre Gouthière before setting up a bronze foundry that would become one of the largest in Paris under the management of his son Lucien-François (d. 1841) and grand-son Armand (1797-1866). A number of drawings by Léon Feuchère have recently been discovered by the Rijksmuseum and probably belonged to the collection of Louis-Philippe-Albert, duc d’Orléans, comte de Paris (1838-1894). Louis-Philippe-Albert was the grandson of the French king, Louis-Philippe I (1773-1850), who granted him the title of comte de Paris, and the son of Ferdinand-Philippe, duc d’Orléans (1810-1842). Ferdinand-Philippe was an important collector and sponsored many young artists to create metalwork objets d’art, notably a celebrated surtout de table made by Claude-Aimé Chenavard and Jean-Jacques Feuchère (1807-1852), a cousin of Armand and Léon. Principally remembered as a sculptor, Jean-Jacques Feuchère trained in the family foundry and designed small objects, cigar boxes...
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Early 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Fine French Antique Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Putti Bacchanale Clock
Located in New York, NY
Fine French 19th century gilt bronze figural Louis XV style clock. The crest showing a pair of Bacchanale subject putti, one reclining on a naturalistic rocky outcropping with a chal...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

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 Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

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 Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Ormolu

Vintage English Devon Harrison Grasshopper Double Pendulum Skeleton Sea Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Vintage English Devon Harrison Grasshopper Escapement Double Pendulum Skeleton Sea Clock MOVEMENT: 8 day wind up mechanism FUNCTION: time only SIZE:...
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1970s British Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Brass

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

Rare Arts & Crafts Amsterdam School Geometrical Design Oak Mantel Pendulum Clock
Located in Lisse, NL
Early 20th century, great condition Dutch Arts & Crafts mantle / table / desk clock. To have found this stunning and wonderful design, Dutch Arts & Crafts table clock was a treat, b...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Mantel Clocks

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Metal, Brass, Iron

French Mystery Gravity Driven Gilt Incline Rolling Clock - No Spring or Battery
Located in Danville, CA
French Style Mystery Gravity Driven Gilt Incline Rolling Clock - No Spring or Battery This very unusual clock is never wound with a key, but does featur...
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1980s French Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Large Three-Piece French 19th Century Clock/Garniture Set Louis XVI Style
Located in Houston, TX
Louis XVI style garniture set. Torch and quiver design is centered at Bottom of the clock. A hand painted garden scene is presented at the Lower portion of the clock and a beautifu...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

New Franz Hermle Mantel Clock in DeArt Italian Fine Marquetry and Ormolu Case, N
Located in Germantown, MD
A 21st Century German Franz Hermle Mantel Clock in DeArt Italian Fine Marquetry and Ormolu Case in new open box condition. Clock made in Germany by the historic, very famous Franz Hermle clock...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Post-Modern Mantel Clocks

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Brass, Ormolu

19th Century French Cathedral Clock
Located in High Point, NC
19th century beautifully hand crafter cathedral clock in gilt bronze. This is a magnificent example of 19th century French craftsmanship. There are many beautiful details to this p...
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Walnut Late 19th Century Gingerbread Mantle Clock
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a late 19th century gingerbread mantle clock. The clock is from the Eastlake period. The face of the clock is white porcelain. The clock is nicely carved and has brass accents.
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Late 19th Century English Eastlake Antique Mantel Clocks

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Glass, Walnut

Large Antique French Rococo Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning original antique French Rococo clock by A. D. Mougin. Boldly modelled balloon shape, profusely decorated with scrolls, acanthus and floral swags. To the top is a large ela...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Napoleon III Gilt & Patinated Bronze Figural Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
Napoleon III Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Clock, 19th century, of triangular form, the pink marble top surmounted by seated child, below the circular enameled dial with cherub s...
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19th Century European Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Mantel Clock in Malachite, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
This elegant mantel clock features a rectangular case entirely clad in deep green malachite. Fire-gilded bronze decorations in the form of floral festoons and lyres adorn the case. T...
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19th Century Antique Mantel Clocks

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Malachite, Bronze

LIMOUSIN French Art Deco Mantel Clock Set, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
This French Art Deco mantel clock set, designed by Georges Limousin in the 1920s, features a striking combination of materials including spelter, marble, bronze, brass, and glass. In...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Brass, Bronze, Spelter

Egyptomania Marble Clock, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large clock in the style of Egyptomania, in marble of different colors, decorated with stylized hieroglyphs, falcons and scarabs. It is topped with a sphinx in patinated bronze. Eg...
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19th Century French Egyptian Revival Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble

Antique French Gilt Bronze Baroque Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A large and stunning antique French Baroque drum head clock. Beautifully modelled in gilt bronze, the clock sits upon a a cushion shaped base with mythical creatures forming the feet...
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19th Century Baroque Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Antique French Gilt Bronze Baroque Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful original antique French clock, modelled in the Baroque style in gilt bronze. It is of architectural form with an applied motif of flowers, scrolls and cornucopia. Scrolli...
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

American Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Mantel Clock, Eli Terry, Circa 1825
Located in Charleston, SC
American Federal mahogany pillar and scroll mantel clock with a broken arch pediment, three urn wood finials, flanking ringed columns, hinged glass d...
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1820s American Federal Antique Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Empire period portico clock in white marble and gilt bronze, 19th century
Located in NICE, FR
Empire period portico clock in white marble and gilt bronze, 19th century This Empire period clock (circa 1800-1810) is composed of a marble terrace topped by two flat columns decor...
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Early 1800s French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Art Deco Clock Set Lady And Greyhounds Sculpture "Waiting" by Uriano
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
A Spectacular Art Deco Clock Featuring the Sculpture “Waiting” by the Italian Art Deco Artist “Uriano” Signed on the back of the lady’s dress. This piece depicts a seated lady on ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Onyx, Marble, Spelter

Antique French Auguste Moreau Gilt Bronze Mantel Garniture Clock Candelabra
Located in Dayton, OH
Monumental Antique French Art Nouveau Auguste Moreau garniture clock set. Made of bronze with gilt accents featuring a peasant woman and child carrying a shieth of wheat flanked by large candelabra urns...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

French Empire Period Ormolu Bronze Mantel Clock of Ceres, circa 1815
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMPIRE ORMOLU BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK OF CERES, GODDESS OF AGRICULTURE Movement by Etienne Tavernier; France, circa 1815 Item # 104HWG22Z A fine Empire period mantel clock with bun feet raising a rectangular base with a central portrait of Bacchus flanked by exquisitely chiseled motif of swirling foliage surmounted by a figure of the goddess Ceres grasping in her lowered hand a wreath woven with foliage and berries while in her garment she collects a bountiful harvest; she rests beside the clock tower with a framed lens opening to access the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals inscribed Etn. Tavernier set with Breguet style hands, raising an urn filled with fruits of the soil; against the tower rest the implements of labor, a shovel and flat rake. The movement is engraved "B". A significant clock movement maker, Etienne Tavernier (French, 1756-1839) is listed in Tardy's horology reference as working closely with the house of Abraham-Louis Breguet as well as providing clock movements...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Ormolu

English Bracket Clock, 19th Century Georgian
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century Georgian English bracket clock. A fine quality 8-day mahogany and ormolu-mounted triple chain Fusee 4-Gong Westminster Chime bracket clock. The high quality mahogany ...
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19th Century Great Britain (UK) Georgian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Vintage Art Deco Mantel Clock
Located in San Diego, CA
Elegant vintage Art Deco mantel clock with a German Hermie movement, circa 1950s. The clock is in very good vintage condition and holds a...
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Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Mantel Clocks

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Glass, Wood

Antique Bronze Hirondelle Blessee Alfred Foretay Garniture Mantel Clock & Urns
By Alfred Jean Foretay
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique three piece set garniture clock made of bronze with green marble bases and gilt feet. Mantel clock features the sculpture Hirondelle Blessee by Alfred Jean Foretay above a gilt framed, white porcelain clock...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Edwardian French Mantel Clock - case by Maple & Co
Located in Altrincham, GB
Edwardian French mantel clock with shell inlaid decoration the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a gong and stamped Ch. Vcne, Paris, 65803, with the dial having black...
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Early 1900s French Edwardian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Mahogany

Vintage Tiffany and Co. Square Brass Desk Clock, 1970s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome 8 day, Swiss jeweled Tiffany and Co. square desk clock in patinated brass with stepped dial frame and two-tiered base. Face pivots between f...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Art Deco Extremely Rare Modernist Blue Glass & Mirror Clock, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this fabulous 1930s modernist clock originating from England. You only have to do a little research to find out how rare these clocks are, they just don't c...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Mantel Clocks

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Chrome

Superb Quality Antique Victorian Marble Mantle Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality antique Victorian marble mantle clock having a black marble case with quality bronze figures columns and a plaque circular brass bezel ornate dial with Roman numerals,...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble

Fine French Verdi Marble and Bronze Mantel Clock of an Enrobed Wise Old Scholar
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous and very unique French mantle or mantel clock featuring a gorgeous figure of a scholar in robes recling while reading books. The clock is surmounted with verdi gre...
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1920s French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Slate, Bronze

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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