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Mantel Clocks For Sale
19th Century Ormolu Mantle Clock, Louis XVI Style
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting 19th century Louis XVI style gilded Bacchus influenced ormolu mantel (fireplace) clock depicting three putti rolling a barrel on the back of a cloven hoofed putti. The ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

Gilt Bronze and Blue Lapis Lazuli Clock with Bust of Molière
Located in London, GB
A gilt bronze and blue lapis lazuli clock with bust of Molière French, circa 1830 Measures: Height 61cm, width 27cm, depth 13cm This exquisite French mantel clock originates fr...
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Ormolu

Classical 19th Century French Crystal + ormolu mantle clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A classical crystal 19th Century French Empire style portico mantle clock, with a gilded ormolu Eagle, white enamel clock face and four column supports engraved decoration and a plin...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Crystal, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Porcelain Mounted Figural Clock, Allegorical of the Arts
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain mounted figural clock, Allegorical of the Arts. The dial signed 'Colin, Paris'. The movement stamped 'Vincenti et Cie'. ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French early 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu mounted clock. Raised on ormolu supports the rectangular marble base with beaded trim and Clodion...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

19th Louis XVI Style Marble Mantel Clock with Gilt Bronze
Located in Marseille, FR
19th Louis XVI style marble mantel clock with gilt bronze.
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

French 19th century Belle Époque period Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze, clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and high quality French 19th century Belle Époque period Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze, Ormolu, and Rouge Griotte marble clock, signed Falconet. This stunning miniature tim...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Mantel Clocks

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Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Glass and Marble Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This French mantel clock is designed in an elegant Neoclassical style, after the decorative arts of the Louis XVI period (1754-1793). This clock will look beautiful placed on a mante...
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1880s French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Classical 19th Century French Enamel Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style gilded ormolu mantel clock. Having a broken arch pediment with a twin handled urn to the centre. The inset champlevé enam...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Enamel, Ormolu

English Porphyry Clock by Ellicott
By John Ellicott II
Located in New Orleans, LA
A case of exquisite porphyry and doré bronze houses the verge movement of this rare clock by eminent English clock and watch maker John Ellicott. Ellicott's...
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19th Century English George III Antique Mantel Clocks

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Porphyry, 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

19th Century Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Marble Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This endearing French mantel clock combines lustrous ormolu and sumptuous white marble, making for a light and yet majestic work that perfectly compliments the masterfully executed N...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu

French Neoclassical Style Sevres Bisque Clock Signed Guyon a Lyon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French neo-classical st. Sèvres Bisque clock signed Guyon a Lyon ( Jean Baptiste Guyon). The clock is raised by ormolu supports below th...
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19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

19th Century French Bronze Empire Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century French dore bronze empire clock. With original key.
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Early 19th Century Empire Mantel Clock with Cupid in a Chariot
By Marie Prevost
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional gilt bronze mantel clock with its key depicting a winged Cupid in a chariot. The chariot is pulled by two doves that are resting on a platform adorned with water-leaf. Th...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parcel-Gilt and Biscuit Porcelain Clock
Located in Long Island City, NY
A beautifully design late 19th century gilt bronze mounted parcel-gilt and biscuit porcelain mantel (fireplace) clock The front carved with Apollo riding his chariot. The bottom wit...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Ormolu

Gilt Bronze Cylindrical Mantel Clock with Emblems of Love
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze cylindrical mantel clock with emblems of love French, 19th century Measures: Height 40cm, diameter 17cm This fabulously quirky mantel clock is modelled to depict Cup...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Ormolu

Porcelain Mounted Ormolu Antique French Three Piece Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Of porcelain mounted ormolu, the clock's dial marked 'Raingo Fres, Paris', the central clock decorated with a scene of traditional 19th century courtship, the two flanking candelabra...
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19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

French Neoclassical Malachite and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
French neoclassical malachite and gilt bronze mantel clock French, circa 1830 Measures: Height 51cm, width 33cm, depth 14cm This mantel ...
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Mantel Clocks

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Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze

George III Ebonized Eight-Day Twin Fusee Table Clock by O. Hamley
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A lovely late George III single pad ebonized eight-day, twin fusee table clock with original verge escapement and rack striking by O. Hamley, circa 1800-1815. The moulded single pad ebonized domed top case with original carrying handle is raised on all four of its original ogee bracket feet onto a detailed base moulding. Gilt-brass sound frets adorn the sides and front in a 'fish scale' pattern backed with bright burgundy silk. The enameled white dial displays Roman numerals, minute and quarter-hour markers housed inside a gilt-brass bezel and domed glass, signed Hamley, Warwick Place, London. The clock features a strike/silent switch on the front dial and a repeat to the right-hand-side. The backplate has border engraving and a short pendulum. Date: 1800-1815 O. Hamley is recorded in Loomes (2006) as being active, circa 1811. He also worked at Bedford Row...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Mantel Clocks

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Fruitwood

19th Century French Champlevé Enamel Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very fine quality 19th century Louis XVI style gilded ormolu and champlevé enamel clock garniture, the four sided clock having four enamel col...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Enamel, Ormolu

Charles X Gilt and Silver Clock
Located in Dallas, TX
An impressive Charles X gilt and silver clock in the gothic taste, France. Circa 1825
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

Very Important Gilt Bronze, Enameled Bronze and Patinated Bronze Clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very important gilt bronze, enameled bronze and patinated bronze clock depicting two children holding the stellar globe on which a cupid holding a torch in the right hand and a gar...
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1870s French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

19th Century Empire Mantel Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Excellent condition with finely chased dore bronze mounts. Has key and pendulum.
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Fine 19th Century Sevres Style Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Sevres style mantel clock, having a wonderful gilded ormolu case with an urn to the top with cobalt...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

Rare Mid Century PRIM bakelite table or wall clock
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Extremely rare clock from Czech manufacturer PRIM. Manufactured in former Czechoslovakia in 1950's. Black bakelite body with brass hands. The clock is hinge...
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mantel Clocks

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Bakelite

French Mantel Clock 19th Century, France, circa 1860
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French 19th Century gilded ormolu and bronze mantel clock having a mother and child above and to the side of the clock face. Mounted on a white marble base.
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19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Lapis, enamel, and gilt bronze clock garniture
Located in London, GB
Inspired by the art and culture of Classical Greece, this three-piece garniture contains a mantel clock and two candelabra. The rectangular body of the clock is of lapis lazuli and is surmounted by a Grecian vase...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

Lapis, enamel, and gilt bronze clock garniture
Lapis, enamel, and gilt bronze clock garniture
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Antique Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock with Chivalric Scenes
Located in London, GB
This beautiful porcelain mantel clock is designed in the shape of a shield which is propped up on a gilt bronze (ormolu) easel support, composed of two shields and a staff topped by ...
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Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu, Bronze

19th Century Sevres Style Gilded Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful French 19th century gilded ormolu mantel clock, having a putti mounted to the top holding garlands of flowers, draping down the case, Rams heads and urns of flowers. The ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

Antique Solid Silver Inscribed Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This charming silver mantel clock has a fascinating history, having probably been made as a commemorative item. It dates from the 19th century in Spain, and is the work of Spanish si...
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19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Silver

French 19th Century Empire Style Ormolu and Vert Patricia Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Empire st. ormolu and Vert de Patricia marble clock, signed Armingault à Paris. The clock is raised by an impressive rectang...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu

Large 19th Century Sevres Style Porcelain Mounted Ormolu Figural Clock
Located in Tarzana, CA
A magnificent French mantel clock in patinated bronze and original ormolu. Modeled with figures of two classically dressed females sitting back to back against the clock drum and rea...
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19th Century Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

French Empire Period Ormolu Mantel Clock by Michelez
Located in London, GB
French Empire period ormolu mantel clock by Michelez French, circa 1815 Measures: Height 47cm, width 20cm, depth 15cm This beautifully formed and crafted mantel clock, dating to...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu, Bronze

19th Century Pink 'Sevres' Porcelain Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very pretty 19th century French pink 'Sevres' porcelain and gilded ormolu mantel clock. Having classical foliate and swag decoration surrounding the pink porcelain plaques which de...
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19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

Late William IV Rosewood Bracket Clock by French, Royal Exchange, London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The case carved in high relief with scrolls and an acanthus leaf finial, the gilt face finely chased with further scrolls and signed on the dial, with a discreet/silent lever above t...
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1830s English Antique Mantel Clocks

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Rosewood

Napoleon III, Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock, 19th Century
Located in Beaune, FR
Imposing and magnificent fireplace gilded bronze and blue porcelain vases. The clock is decorated with putti representing the 4 seasons. It is su...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

A French 19th century Louis XVI st. clock signed Le Merle Charpentier Bronzier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte marble and ormolu mounted clock signed Le Merle Charpentier Bronzier, Paris Rue Charlot. The clock is raised b...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Griotte Marble, Ormolu

Japanese Style Clock attr. to L'Escalier de Cristal, France, Circa 1885
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Japanese clock in double patina bronze with suspended dial. The portico and dial, with calligraphic Kanji numerals complemented by hands featuring an undulating dragon, are deco...
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1880s French Japonisme Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Late 19th Century, Vienna Porcelain Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century Vienna porcelain mantel clock, having hand-painted classical figures and cherubs.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Mantel Clocks

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Porcelain

Louis XVI Style Marble Clock Set
Located in Beaune, FR
Louis XVI style sea green marble and bronze fireplace surround. Consisting of a 4-column clock and 2 pots. Mechanism with pendulum in working...
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19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble

French 19th Century Neo-Classical Style Porcelain and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive French 19th century neo-classical st. porcelain and ormolu clock. The clock is raised by fine scrolled ormolu feet below the beautiful deep forest green porcelain b...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Clock, Stamped Vincent, 1855
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze and marble clock, stamped Vincent 1855. The clock is raised by fine ormolu supports below the ci...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu, black Belgian and white Carrara marble clock, signed Vaillant à Paris. The clock is raised by a black Belgian marble base with fine ormolu topie feet and striking fitted ormolu plaques...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks

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Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu clock. The clock is raised by ormolu topie shaped supports below a marble base with ormolu scrolling foliage and ormolu beaded row. Above is the central fluted marble column...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

19th Century Clock Garniture by L. Gregoire
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and striking French 19th century bronze clock garniture by L. Gregoire. Having classical silvered figures above the clock ...
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1860s French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Imposing 19th Century French Ormolu Clock Garniture 29"(73cm) high
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large and impressive, very good quality French gilded ormolu clock garniture. The clock supported by a pair of Caryatids, decorated with swags and classical motifs, four bevelled g...
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1860s French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

French 19th Century First Empire Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable French early 19th century First Empire ormolu clock, with the original silk threaded movement, dated 1809. Raised on a square moulded ormolu platform above bun supports. The pedestal base has a scalloped chasing below and a reeded one at the top with a scalloped foliate mount at the base of the clock. Standing in a reeded and scalloped cornucopia on one side is a charming winged putti with a quiver on the shoulder sharpening an arrow. On the other side is a lovely winged maiden in classic attire, turning the sharpening wheel...
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19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

Late 19th Century Cut-Glass French Urn Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A beautiful French cut-glass and gilded ormolu Louis XVI style urn mantel clock. Measures: 41cm (16") high. Having 'hobnail cut glass pattern, two scrolling handles with winged lion ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

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

French Mid 19th Century Charles X Period Ormolu Portico Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional French mid 19th century Charles X period ormolu portico clock. The clock is raised by fine bun feet below the rectangular base with an elegant mottled design and richl...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Mantel Clocks

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Ormolu

19th Century French Skeleton Clock of Ormolu and Marble from Directoire Period
Located in London, GB
A symbolic skeleton clock from the French Directoire period. A rectangular Carrara marble plinth with bronze toupie feet with knurled decoration supports an ormolu 'arc-de-ciel', wi...
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Early 19th Century French Directoire Antique Mantel Clocks

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

French Early 19th Century Marble and Ormolu Quarter Strike Clock with Sundial
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality and unique French early 19th century white Carrara marble and ormolu quarter strike clock with sundial, signed Robert et Courvoisier. The clock is raised on an ebonized fruitwood support with ball feet. The rectangular white Carrara marble base above is decorated with finely chased ormolu mounts of cherubs and mythological scenes, topped with wonderfully chased lions perched at each corner. The white Carrara marble sundial is raised on an ebonized fruitwood panel, framed with a chased ormolu border. Above is the large enamel clock within a twisted rope ormolu designed border. The impressive top crown has a white Carrara marble base and semiprecious stone globe clutched by an open winged ormolu eagle. With a very intricate movement, including a crown wheel escapement and machinery striking on the back panel. A remarkable double chime at every quarter with three chimes at the 3rd quarter. Louis Courvoisier (1758é1832) A Swiss clock...
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19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu, White Carrara Marble and Crystal Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most exquisite French mid-19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, white Carrara marble and crystal clock. The clock is raised on a moulded oval white Carrara marble base supported by ri...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Crystal, Carrara Marble, Ormolu

French, Louis XVI Style Enamel Clock Set, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style Champleve enamel clock set. The clock having a classical scene of a cherub handing flowers to ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Enamel, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style and Sèvres Style Porcelain Mantel Clock by Raingo Frères
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Mantel Clock, by Raingo Frères, Paris. The porcelain panels signed by Léonard Abel Schilt. The movement stamped 'Raingo F...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

Pair Louis XVI Style Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French gilded ormolu and rouge marble candelabra, depicting two putti each supporting a two branch candelabra.
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Empire Mantel Carriage Clock Onyx and Silver Plate Female Figurine
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Eye catching French Empire style mantle clock - Onyx base with bronze silver plated female figurine to the top - We date this outstanding time piece...
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1920s Vintage 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

19th Century Louis XVI Style Regulator Gilt Bronze Clock by Ferdinand Berthoud
Located in Southall, GB
A stunning 19th Century Louis XVI Style Regulator Gilt Bronze clock by Ferdinand Berthoud. A French Louis XVI style gilt bronze regulator clock, the finely cast rectangular case with four beveled glass sides; the large white enamel dial with Roman numerals is decorated above and below with gilt bronze garlands. The dial is signed and the stepped base is further embellished on three sides with a gilded frieze...
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19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks

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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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