Fabric Mantel Clocks

A rare example of a quarter chiming bracket clock made 1800-1805 by John Allam and Thomas Caithness with an eight day triple fusee movement chiming on ten bells. This clock has an un...

Brighton Pavilion Skeleton Clock J. Smith & Sons Circa 1890 Taking the form of the decadent Brighton Pavilion, this Victorian brass skeleton clock is a wonderful example of exce...

Junghans Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clock, 1950s. Very elegant Mid-Century modern mantel clock made by Junghans in the 1950s with design elements from Art Deco. White and black faux l...

This incredible arabesque skeleton clock is a stellar example by the preeminent English firm of William Frederick Evans of Handsworth, Birmingham. This horologic masterpiece is in complete, working condition, boasting an amazing brass triple-layer frame, a characteristic found in the most attractive and important Evans arabesque timepieces. Not only is this clock visually stunning, but it is also a mechanical triumph with its chain fusée movement. Time is told by blued steel hands on a pierced, engraved and silvered chapter ring. Set upon its velvet-covered and plinth beneath its original glass dome, this magnificent clock is a work of true distinction. Skeleton clocks are among the most exceptional and intriguing timepieces ever made and were designed to display as much of the working mechanism as possible. Often the result of the highest quality workmanship, skeleton clocks are actually some of the earliest clocks, some dating from the mid 16th Century as drum clocks. Popularized circa 1750 by the French, who produced wonderful spring driven antique mantle clocks...

Made by Ferdinand Barbedienne (French, 1810-1892), the design by Louis-Constant Sevin (French, 1821-1888). The central circular dial signed 'F. Barbedienne' and 'A Paris' in an architectural glass clock case applied with masks and trailing foliage surmounted by a figure of Neptune, the movement stamped 'J.E. DUPONT PARIS,' and '9658' with Apollo sun-burst pendulum, raised on a stepped rectangular plinth, the reverse of the case inscribed 'F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR. PARIS.' This monumental mantel...

Standing 43 inches tall this impressive clock features an arched pediment surmounted by a gilt bronze figure of the archangel St Michael seated on a globe and holding up his banner. The Boulle style brass inlaid case, richly edged by scrolled ormolu leaf work, is raised on four scrolled gilt bronze legs headed by caryatid busts and centering on the front a large gilt bronze relief...