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Mantel Clocks For Sale
19th Century French Mantel Clock, by 'Monbro Aine, Paris'
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality, large French 19th century gilded ormolu and white marble mantel clock, signed; 'Monbro Aine, Paris'. Having an urn of grapes with semi...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu

Jaeger LeCoultre Mid-Century Marina Mantel Clock with Oriental Theme No. 349
Located in London, GB
Stunning Jaeger LeCoultre mid-century marina desk clock with an Oriental theme, number 349. The clock has a polished gilt brass and lucite case. It is beautifully decorated with an O...
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1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Designs for Gilt Bronze Objects from the French Restoration 1814-1830, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Designs for Gilt Bronze Objects from the French Restoration 1814-1830: Clocks, Candelabras, Chandeliers, Sconces and Inkwells, by Charles Plante. Publis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mantel Clocks

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Paper

19th Century French Enamel Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style gilded ormolu and Champlevé enamel clock garniture, the clock having a two handled turquoise enamel urn with swags above ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Enamel, Ormolu

Very Fine Charles X Imperial Porphyry Lyre Clock
Located in New York, NY
An important Charles X imperial porphyry lyre clock. Crafted from red porphyry and ormolu. Movement signed and dated 1828. Clockworks have been...
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Mantel Clocks

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Porphyry, Bronze

Early 19th Century Marble Clock Cupid Reading by Ledure and Hémon
Located in Paris, FR
Early 19th century Restauration-period green vert-de-mer marble clock with gilt bronze decoration. The clock is topped by a Cupid reading in patinated bronze. The ormolu face marks t...
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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Napoleon III Patinated Bronze & Marble Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
Napoleon III Gilt and Patinated Bronze and White Marble Clock, circa 1870, of rounded rectangular form, the circular white enamel dial signed "Gros A Lyon", the movement strike on be...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Large Louis XVI-style pendulum clock Paris, late 19th century
Located in Berlin, DE
Large Louis XVI-style pendulum clock France, late 19th century Bronze, gilt. On gyratory feet, a tapered, partially latticed case with lion masks, drapery, and scale decoration on th...
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1860s French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

French 19th Century Bronze with Marble Base Mantel Clock, Pendule
Located in Delft, NL
French 19th century Bronze with marble base mantel clock, pendule A 19th century French mantel clock with bronze putti on a brown, red, whi...
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19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Art Deco Clock Set ~ Elephants
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful and high quality Art Deco clock set featuring two elephants standing beside the clock. The case is formed of stunning specimen marbles i...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Metal

Jean Clesinger "Zingara" Bronze & Marble Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clesinger (French, 1814-1883) "Zingara" Patinated Bronze and Rouge Griotte Marble Clock, late 19th century, the dancer upholding a tambourine, stamped "F. Barbe...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

Wonderful Antique Victorian quality eight day movement marble clock set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Wonderful Antique Victorian quality eight day movement marble clock set, having a black marble case with four reeded columns, a dome top, round enamel brass dial with original hands ...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Porcelain Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI St. ormolu and porcelain clock. The small scale clock is raised by fine tapered fluted legs below striking richly chased block rosettes cente...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

NSNG One More Time Clock Patinated Brass
Located in Eindhoven, NL
No Screw No Glue is an iconic range of furniture and objects designed by Joost Van Bleiswijk in which the components are laser cut and assembled by slotting the pieces together. As t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Antique "Commerce" Figural Mantel Clock by Ansonia Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique "Commerce" Figural Mantel Clock by Ansonia Co. This late 19th Century "Commerce" figural mantel clock by Ansonia Co. with 8-day time and strike has a spring-driven movement ...
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Late 19th Century American Baroque Revival Antique Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Empire Crystal Regulator Clock
Located in Toledo, OH
A beautiful brass clock with gold dore finish. Beveled glass panels with a porcelain dial and time and strike. French works. Running condition. Corner crack in one glass panel.
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20th Century European Empire Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Clock Set in Marble and Bronze by F.Gervais
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Truly unique clock set in pink marble and bronze decorative piece of art the clock is modelled in the image of an 18 century sedan chair that is covered ...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Empire Clock in the Form of a Classical Urn, by Maison Lepautre, circa 1825
By Pierre-Basile Lepaute
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A gilt bronze Empire clock in the form of a classical urn, by Maison Lepautre. French, circa 1825. The dial signed 'Lepaute a Paris'. The clock has an ornate cast bezel with a 3-inch porcelain dial with Roman numerals and Breguet style hands. The twin train eight-day movement with outside count wheel striking on a bell and silk thread suspension. This elegant Empire style clock has a gilt bronze case in the form of a classical urn with swan neck handles and a winged cherub to the neck. The circular pedestal base is raised on a footed stepped square plinth. The Lepaute family were the premier French clockmakers of their day. Their significance lies in their contribution to the clock making industry which had hitherto come under the trade of locksmiths. The family held the brevet Horlogers du Roi. Jean-André Lepaute (1720–1789) arrived in Paris at an early age and in 1740 founded the family business. A skilled artist and mechanic, he quickly gained an excellent reputation. He was received as maître by the clockmakers guild in 1759, was granted royal lodgings from the king in The Luxembourg Palace, and was entrusted with the construction of the majority of the great public clocks of Paris. He executed, amongst others, those in The Luxembourg Palace, the Jardin des Plantes, the Château de Bellevue and the Château des Ternes. His clock at Paris’s École Militaire still works today. Three editions of his Traité d’Horlogerie were published in Paris in 1755, 1760 and 1767. A small volume, Description de Plusieurs Ouvrages d’Horlogerie appeared in 1764. Jean-André’s wife, Nicole-Reine Etable de la Brière (1723-1788), was a highly esteemed mathematician and astronomer. Her passion for science lent itself to Lepaute’s work and she played an active role in the scientific and mathematical aspects of the clock making. Jean-André’s younger brother Jean-Baptiste Lepaute (1727-1802) joined him in Paris in 1747 and immediately started working for the family business. He was received as maître in 1776 and was known for the clocks he constructed for the Paris Hôtel de Ville (1780), destroyed in a fire of 1871, and for the Hôtel des Invalides (1784). Jean-Baptiste took over the workshop when Jean-André retired in 1775. After Jean-Baptiste’s death in 1802, the firm was taken over by his nephew Pierre-Basil Lepaute (1750-1843) where he was duly joined by his own nephew Jean-Joseph (1768-1846) and son Pierre-Michel (1785-1849). By 1816, Pierre-Michel Lepaute was in charge of the business. His masterpieces include the astronomical clock in Paris’s Bureau...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Clock Set in Bronze Three Pieces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Clock set three pieces louis XV style in bronze ,quality and detail are very finely executed Dimensions of the candelabras H: 11 inch W: 6.5 Clock dimension are in description.
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Napoleon III Clock Garniture Designed by Sévin, Cast by Barbedienne
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Napoleon III gilt-bronze and porcelain mounted clock garniture, designed by Louis-Constant Sévin, cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, The Movement by Japy Frères. Frédéric Japy ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

Art Deco Chrome Mantel Clock by Davall, England
Located in Norwich, GB
Art Deco chrome mantel clock standing bon double stepped pad feet in a square case with bevelled glass. Black velvet dial mask, silvered chapter ring with Arabic numerals and or...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Chrome

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and White Marble Boudoir Clock Set
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful 19th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu and White Carrara Boudoir Clock with a Pair of Candelabras. This antique French ormolu mounted white marble boudoir clock, is circa...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

Floating Frames Mantel Clock Brass and Sandblasted
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Kiki van Eijk designed floating frames as a collection of handmade objects in anodized aluminum wire. Each piece is meticulously handmade in her workshop; no two items are alike. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Mantel Clocks

Materials

Brass

French Restauration Period Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Lyre Clock
By Lamy
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A high quality Restauration period mahogany and gilt bronze lyre mantel (fireplace) clock in the shape of a lyre. The mahogany case is highly decorated in ...
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Early 18th Century French Restauration Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

19th Century French Pink Porcelain Clock by Japy Fréres in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
A table clock in the Louis XVI Manner By Japy Frères The finely chased ormolu case is dressed with pink 'Sèvres' style hand decorated polychrome panels to the face and sides, dep...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu, Bronze

Marble Mantel Clock with Matching Vases, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
A refined neoclassical garniture set comprising a marble mantel clock and two matching vases (20 x 13 x 13 cm). The clock features a vase-shaped body crafted in white marble with dar...
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1830s European Biedermeier Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble

Louis XV Style Bronze Figural Clock Garniture by Maison Baguès French circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt and Patinated bronze figural clock garniture by Maison Baguès. This rare example of a clock garniture by Maison Baguès has a twin train eight-day movement striking on a bell.  The garniture consists of a clock and a pair of candelabra en suite. The clock has a Rococo cast case surmounted by a patinated bronze putto playing a lyre, above a circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic seconds and pierced hands. The dial inscribed 'Eug Bagues, Paris'. The case terminates in four scrolling legs put down on an acanthus cast plinth base. The candelabra en suite have gilt bronze pierced acanthus cast bases supporting patinated bronze putti each holding aloft three scrolling acanthus arms terminating in circular and foliate cast drip trays and nozzles. Maison Baguès The Baguès Company, located at 31, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, was founded in 1840 by Mr. Noel Baguès who started his business to cast liturgical bronzes. By 1880 the company had expanded into the production of bronze light fixtures in response to the development of electrical lighting. Carried on by Noël’s son Eugène and grandsons Victor and Robert, Maison Baguès continued to progress, adding intricately detailed iron lighting collections in the 1920s as well as stair banisters...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Superb quality antique Victorian French ornate marble clock set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Superb quality antique Victorian French ornate marble clock set having a attractive circular porcelain dial with floral decoration and Arabic numerals with the original hands, having...
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Early 19th Century French Victorian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Brass

French Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock with Classical Figures
Located in London, GB
French gilt bronze mantel clock with Classical figures French, 19th century Measures: Height 45cm, width 39cm, depth 17cm This mantel clock feat...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu

French Porcelain Figural Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
French Porcelain Figural Mantel Clock French porcelain figural mantel clock beautifully decorated with flowers on a white ground, lattice work panel to the centre and standing on out...
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1880s French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Porcelain

French Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in London, by appointment only
France, circa 1880 A fine French, gilt bronze ormolu mantel clock with its porcelain face, the case with elaborate garland decorations culminating in a volute krater of flowers ab...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu, Bronze

A fine large 19th century French fire gilt bronze mantel clock.
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century Louis Philippe fire gilt large mantel clock. Depicting Louis XV and his wife Marie Leszczynska
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Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

19th Century French Gilt Bronze and White Porcelain Three-Piece Garniture Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 19th century French gilt bronze, enamel and porcelain three-piece garniture set. Beautifully shaped with two putties playing the flute under a hand-painted white ground porcelai...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

French Art Deco UCRA Bronze Swan Marble Mantle Garniture Clock Set by Marefbay
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A Three Piece Marefbay Art Deco Marble and Bronze Clock Garniture, circa 1930 Marks: MAREFBAY 9 x 13-1/4 x 3 inches (22.9 x 33.7 x 7.6 cm) (clock) The circular Arabic numeral clock on a rectangular marble base with bronze sparrows...
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1930s Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Marble

19th Century Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock By Richond of Paris
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning 19th Century gilt bronze mantle clock by Richond of Paris, stamped by the maker H & F and is of exceptional quality. The finely cast gilt bronze clock in the Neoclassical...
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19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

Louis XVI Style Partial Gilt Mounted Clock
Located in Germantown, MD
Louis XVI Style Partial Gilt and decorated Mantle Clock. True to the decorative arts of the 19 th century, this quality designer statement work blends...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

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Composition

Art Deco Mantel Clock 3 Piece Garniture Set Marble with Bronze Bull
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful Art Deco 3 piece mantel clock, most likely French. This high quality clock has a carved marble geometric design with a finely cast bronze bull on one side and includes 2 ma...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XV Period by Lepine À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
This exquisite mantel clock is a testament to the pinnacle of French horological artistry during the Louis XV period. Attributed to the renowned clockmaker Lépine, it showcases a har...
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18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble

Pendulum Clock Bronze & Marble Representing Virgin Child & St John the Baptist
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful fireplace clock in marble, patinated and gilded bronze representing the Virgin Mary sitting on a rock holding the infant Jesus in her arms, with at their side st John ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Antique French Gilt Bronze & Champleve 'Marie Antoinette' Mantel or Table Clock
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This 'Marie Anoinette' antique clock is signed on the face by an unknown maker, and originated from France and dating to approximately 1880 and done in the period Louis XVI style. Th...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Tortoiseshell Pendule D’Officier Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Tortoiseshell Pendule D’Officier Mantel Clock Tortoiseshell mantel clock in a Pendule D’Officier style case with ormolu mounts, brass feet ...
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1880s French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Tortoise Shell

Vintage French Art Deco Marble and Bronze Clock Set
Located in Bronx, NY
A vintage Art Deco clock set, circa 1930. The clock and matching accessories are accented with detailed bronze decorations that are mounted on ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Mappin & Webb Ltd Antique Edwardian 1900s Sterling Silver Mantel Clock
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Edwardian English sterling silver mantel clock; an addition to our silver timepiece collection. This exceptional antique Edwardian sterling silver mantel clock has a plain rectangular form onto four bracket style feet. The surface of this large silver gilt mantel clock is embellished with bright cut engraved floral and insect decoration, accented with applied rosette and bud garlands to the anterior surface. The upper plateau of the clock bears the contemporary bright cut engraved monogram initials 'MB'. This impressive antique silver mantel clock...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Sterling Silver, Silver

French Charles X miniature mantel clock of Cupid carrying time
Located in London, GB
Fabulous antique French Charles X miniature mantel clock of Cupid carrying off time. This has to be one of my all time favourite French Empire or Charles X period mantel clocks. Enti...
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1820s French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

Elegant Swiss Art Deco Table Clock by Imhof Green Onyx Marble
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
An elegant table clock made of polished green veined onyx with broad gilded bronze indices, manufactured by the renowned Swiss manufacturer Imhof in the 1930s.
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1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Onyx, Marble

Fine Sevres Porcelain Blue Celeste and Ormolu Mounted Mantel Clock
Located in London, by appointment only
A rare and very fine 19th century Napoleonic era Sevres Porcelain mantel clock, The richly chased ormolu gilt bronze body inset with 11 p...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

French Belle Époque Mahogany and Brass Inlaid Mantel Clock by Samuel Marti
Located in Worcester, GB
French Belle Époque Mahogany and Brass Inlaid Mantel Clock by Samuel Marti, circa 1900 A finely crafted French mantel clock from the Belle Époque period, attributed to the esteemed ...
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Early 20th Century French Mantel Clocks

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Brass

Bronze Mantel Clock, Restauration Period France, Movement Dated 1827
Located in Greding, DE
The large pendulum on a Sienese marble base with patinated bronze frieze as well as large fully sculpted depiction of a bearded man with the index finger at his temple. The other han...
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19th Century French Restauration Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Lyre Pendulum Clock White Marble Louis XVI, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
This 19th-century Lyre pendulum clock in white marble embodies the elegance of the Louis XVI era, with rich, finely chiseled gilded bronze ornamentation. Adorned with intricate garla...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Metal, Brass, Bronze, Enamel

19th Century French Napoleon III Period Bardiglio Marble Japy Freres Clock Set
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous over one hundred and sixty year old Parisian neoclassical style Bardiglio marble three piece mantel set. Born in Paris, France in the mid 19th century, featuring an an...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Lovely antique Edwardian quality mahogany inlaid satinwood mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique Edwardian quality mahogany inlaid satinwood mantle clock by Mappin & Webb London, having a lovely antique Edwardian quality mahogany mantle clock with inlaid satinwood...
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Early 20th Century Edwardian Mantel Clocks

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Mahogany

Directoire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The oval base raised on toupie feet, centered with a panel of hunting dogs with hunting trophies on each side, the case supported by a landscaped scenery of water and rocks and surmo...
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Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Antique Rosewood New Haven Clock Co. Mantle Clock
Located in Pasadena, TX
The case is done in Rosewood with white border to display a beautiful look, the glass has reverse painted design and geometrical design.
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20th Century American American Classical Mantel Clocks

Materials

Brass

Superb quality antique Regency rosewood inlaid bracket clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Superb quality antique Regency rosewood inlaid bracket clock by Seller of Reading, having a brass bezel and a signed circular white dial with Roman numerals and the original hands, t...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique Mantel Clocks

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Glass, Rosewood

19th Century Louis XVI-Styl Ormolu and White Marble Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
A Fine Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Mantel Clock After a model by Étienne-Maurice Falconet The urn-form pendule à cercles t...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Table clock. Marble, bronze. Japy Freres; Boursier. Paris, France, circa 1849-1
By L.P. Japy & Cie
Located in Madrid, ES
Table clock. Marble, bronze. Japy Freres; Boursier. Paris, France, circa 1849-1854. Machinery in perfect condition and working order. Table clock made of patinated and gilt bronze...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Other

An Anglo-Japanese carved oak mantel clock with hand painted blue floral dial.
Located in London, GB
An Anglo-Japanese oak mantel clock with a handpainted blue floral dial surrounded by a floral gilt brass outer ring, the top front and lower section carved with stylized Japanese bas...
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1880s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Mantel Clocks

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Oak

Sessions Mantel Clock in Marble & Brass
Located in Bradenton, FL
A mid century electric mantle clock. The clock face is decorated with a vine leaf motif and clover details, set in a marble block with a crimson vein in the top corner. Rests on bras...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Brass

Gilded Bronze and Sèvres Porcelain Mantelpiece Set, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilded bronze and Sèvres porcelain mantelpiece set, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Mantelpiece set, Napoleon III period, 19th century, in gilded bronze and Sèvres porcelain, Lou...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Carrara Marble & Bronze D'Oré Clock Set, Circa 1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI Carrara Marble & Bronze D'Oré 3 Piece Garniture Clock Set, Circa 1890. Size 8 key. Clock: 17 1/2" H x 8 1/4" W x 6 1/4" D 2 Candlesticks: 14" H x 8" W x 3 3/...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Carrara Marble, 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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