1880s Mantel Clocks

There are clock sets that politely sit on a mantel, minding their own business… and then there are clock sets that move in like French aristocracy—three pieces, full entourage, and a...

A striking antique French black marble and gilt brass architectural mantel clock dating from the late 19th century. The substantial black marble case is designed in the form of a cla...

A handsome French Belle Époque ormolu and white marble figural mantel clock, circa 1880, attributed to Lemerle-Charpentier & Cie., Paris. The clock is surmounted by a finely mod...

A TIFFANY & CO. EGYPTIAN REVIVAL MANTLE CLOCK, AMERICAN, 1880s, a bronze ormolu and marble clock made by L. Marti et Cie for Tiffany & Company, marked on clock face, "Tiffany & Co." ...

You are viewing a collectable antique chronometer by J. Sewill of Liverpool Circa 1880 on this amazing marine antique The chronometer is housed in ...

This exceptionally rare table regulator of oversized proportions is deceptive in scale, from the movement and escapement to the pendulum every aspect o...

Seth Thomas City Series - Pittsburgh VP. 6 in. Paper dial with silvered bezel, black Roman hour numerals, spade hands; 8 day spring driven movement No. 6 3/4, signed - S. Thomas, Tho...

Ormolu And Green Marble Mantel Clock, Maple & Co Ltd, Paris Ormolu and Verde marble mantel clock depicting a beautifully cast maiden studying her ...

Lewis Foreman Day, for Howell, James and Sons. An Aesthetic Movement ebonized and polychrome painted mantle clock with a carved floret to the centre of the arched and turned gallery flanked by turned finials, with a dentil moulding below, and criss cross lattice work to the upper sides, the lower sides with hand painted Aesthetic flowers in planters...

Impressive mahogany longcase clock with gilt and sculpted decorative bronze elements such as fantastic animals, diamond-shaped patterns, scrollwork, and foliage. This floor clock is ...

An Aesthetic Movement mantel or bracket clock, Signed James Aitchison, Paris in the number 12, with finely carved floral decoration to the front and sides, a french city evening scen...

Pendulum Clock NAPOLEON III portico structure with twisted columns, made of ebonized wood and inlaid. France, Late 19th Century ORIGIN France PERIOD Second 19th century MATERIALS ...

A charming antique French ormolu and white marble mantel clock, dating from the late 19th century and designed in the elegant Louis XVI taste. To one side sits a delightful gilded fi...

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

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...

Small mahogany mantel clock by Webster, London Break arch case with applied carved decoration resting on a shaped stepped plinth and standing on four brass ball feet. Brass bezel opening to the silvered dial with Roman numerals, original ‘blued’ steel hands signed Webster, Queen Victoria Street, London. The hinged back door opening to the eight day movement with platform escapement striking the hours and halves on a coiled gong. The backplate of the clock also signed Webster. C.1880 The Webster family clockmaking business was founded by William Webster and passed from father to son for almost 200 years. William Webster was apprenticed to John Barnet in 1701 and then transferred to Thomas Tompion...

Rare Louis XV style gilt and patinated bronze "Pendule à l'éléphant" mantel clock , the enamel dial signed: "Mafson" à Paris" This beautiful example was made in the late 19th century...

Beautiful Japonisme clock in openwork patinated bronze with gold and silver highlights in the shape of a pagoda, at the corners presenting stylized dragons above uprights imitating b...

French Vernis Martin mantel clock with ormolu mounts. Beautifully decorated case featuring floral swags and foliage with central love...

A Victorian brass novelty clock by Elkington & Co., in the form of a double steering-wheel, one wheel enclosing a clock and the other a barometer, w...

Elegant 19th-century French mantel clock, finely crafted in gilt bronze and fitted with a Paris eight-day movement. The piece reflects the refinement and decorative sophistication of...

Napoleon III Mantel clock in Black marble clock surmounted by a patinated bronze representing a Greek writer or philosopher holding the a manuscript on his knees One of a kind an...

Rare Chinese style clock in the shape of a covered pot, in porcelain painted in imitation of Chinese cloisonné enamel and decorated with a two-patina bronze mount. The dome-shaped co...

Victorian walnut cased mantle clock with break arch top and ebonised mouldings resting on a stepped plinth with pad feet. Decorative side silk lined sound frets. Enamel dial with Rom...

A 19th century Louis XVI style clock garniture, a so called 'Garniture de Chemineé'. The mantle clock with two matching vases const...

An exceptionally rare Antique Bigelow, Kennard & Co. Champlevé and Brass Crystal Regulator Clock, dating to approximately 1895. This outstanding timepiece beautifully combines th...

A Magnificent Gilt & Patinated Bronze Clock by Deniere on a Rouge Griotte Marble Base in the Louis XVI style. France, circa 1880. Exquisite Detail. On the face of the clock Deni...

A lovely quality 19th century black forest mantle clock, the clock dial located at the centre within a farmyard scene consisting of a cockere...

A very fine gilt bronze and marble clock featuring a lion. Marble case, ornate face with enameled Roman numerals. France, circa 1880 Dime...

A superb and rare Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted amethyst rotary clock French, circa 1885, in the manner of Edward Minart the urn form clock case w...

French Red Tortoiseshell Boulle clock, Samuel Marti, Paris. Red tortoiseshell case inlaid with fine brass decoration surmounted by an ormolu finial, ormolu mounts and standing on raised bracket feet. The front of the case with glazed viewing aperture behind a central ormolu mount. The sides of the case decorated with fishscale fret decoration. Gilded and chased dial with individual blue enamel numerals and original ‘blued’ steel hands. Eight day French movement with starburst pendulum, anchor escapement and outside countwheel, striking the hours and halves on a silvered bell. The backplate stamped H & F, Paris and marked for Samuel Marti, Paris, number 4005. C.1880 ‘Samuel Marti & Cie’ were well known French clockmakers working from their premises at Le Pays De Montbeliard Paris from just before 1860. They were awarded the medaille de bronze...

A very good quality late 19th Century French gilded ormolu and patinated bronze mantel clock, having a seated cherub holding the rains of a winged dragon pulling a scrolling foliate ...

A magnificent late nineteenth-century French ormolu and Sèvres style porcelain mantel clock by the celebrated maker Japy Frères. The imposing architectural case is finely cast in gil...

Oval champleve decorated four glass mantel clock. French four glass mantel clock housed in a brass oval shaped case with sky blue ch...

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...

French fireplace clock onyx 1889 L.Marti et Cie Napoleon III Onyx marble case with fire-gilt fittings circa 1889. The movement is signed with the inscription "L.Marti et Lie ,, Meda...

A very unusual 19th century antique French orientalist/Moorish silvered bronze, gilt bronze and champleve enamel figural clock, signed Boulez, marks on movement ROBLIN & FILS FRERES,...

Mahogany cased mantel clock in a serpentine top case with carved decoration, standing on a stepped plinth and resting on brass bracket feet. Glazed door opening to the silvered dial with raised chapter ring, Roman numerals and original ‘blued’ steel hands signed ‘Hampton & Sons, Pall Mall...

A superb and highly decorative French automaton lighthouse clock and weather compendium by André Romain Guilmet of Paris, circa 1880, from his celebrated series of Industrial novelty...

You are viewing a lovely antique English gilt and marble mantel clock Surmounted by a chubby gilt cherub with wings Very ornate casting to the gilt Clock face dial bears the signatur...

Outstanding quality large French antique Victorian ornate brass mantle clock, having a fantastic ornate brass detailed case throughout, square in shape with brass carrying handles to...

A rare and wonderful Aesthetic Movement black marble brass gong-striking mantel clock with brass finials and brass gallery to the top, just below with hand-painted porcelain panels o...

This magnificent French gilt-bronze clock by Denière of Paris represents the exceptionally high standard of bronze casting, chasing, gilding, and sculptural design for which the celebrated Maison Denière became renowned during the nineteenth century. Denière clocks were conceived not simply as instruments for measuring time, but as important works of decorative sculpture, combining sophisticated French clockmaking with some of the finest ornamental bronze work produced in Paris. The house was founded by Jean-François Denière (1774–1866), whose original surname was Deninger. He ranks among the most distinguished Parisian bronziers of the first half of the nineteenth century. Denière initially worked in partnership with François-Thomas Matelin, establishing a prosperous bronze manufactory that produced clocks, candelabra, furniture mounts, torchères, and other luxury objects. Christie's describes Denière as one of the most illustrious bronziers of his generation and records that the Denière-Matelin atelier employed more than 200 workers during the Empire period. Denière's clientele was extraordinary. The firm supplied the French royal and imperial households, as well as aristocratic and royal patrons throughout Europe. Among its clients were the duchesse de Berry, Louis-Philippe, Ferdinand VII of Spain, William II of Holland, and members of the Russian imperial court. Remarkably, Denière also supplied bronze work for the White House in Washington in 1817–1818. The Frick Collection notes that Jean-François Denière supplied clocks and candelabra for French royal palaces, including Versailles and the Grand Trianon. His workshop became especially celebrated for combining richly chased and gilded bronze with sculptural figures and luxurious materials such as marble. In 1844, Jean-François entered into partnership with his son Guillaume Denière, who subsequently continued and expanded the family enterprise. By the middle of the nineteenth century, Denière had become a formidable competitor to the great bronze manufactory of Thomire. The company exhibited prominently at the international exhibitions of 1851 and 1862 and continued producing important decorative bronzes through the latter nineteenth century. The firm's clocks are particularly admired for their finely modeled figural compositions, deeply chased ornament, architectural bases, classical trophies, scrolling foliage, garlands, urns, masks, and contrasting patinated and gilded bronze surfaces. Surviving signed examples frequently bear the inscription “DENIÈRE / Ft. DE BRONZES / A PARIS,” identifying the house specifically as a manufacturer of bronzes. Christie's has documented signed Denière clocks from the later nineteenth century featuring elaborate figural groups, marble bases, enamel dials, and sophisticated ormolu decoration. The Maison Denière was also known for reviving distinguished eighteenth-century designs. Christie's records that the firm possessed drawings by the celebrated Louis XVI-period designer Jean-François Forty and produced exceptionally refined nineteenth-century versions of his neoclassical clock models. Consequently, a substantial Denière bronze...

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

An Aesthetic Movement ebonized clock with finely carved decoration, the clock movement is by Edwards and Sons with a pair carved devices below and a blue and white floral ceramic bor...

Howell and James in the style of Lewis Foreman Day. A small Aesthetic Movement walnut mantle clock with brass finials and brass feet, a pierced gallery to the top centred with a fan ...

Exceptional bronze doré and rouge griotte marble clock and candelabrum set by Ferdinand Berthoud. Signed “Fd Berthoud/Paris on the face. 19th century, good working condition and has...

Charming 19th-century figural mantel clock crafted in painted metal, depicting a clock seller in period attire. The composition reflects the romantic and narrative character typical ...

For those who enjoy the fine quality of blue and white German porcelain from the middle of the last century, this is a particularly fin...

France, circa 1880. The ormolu case mounted with fine painted porcelain scenes of a courting couple. This unusual mauve color pallet emphasizes the...

Tortoiseshell Pendule D’Officier Mantel Clock Tortoiseshell mantel clock in a Pendule D’Officier style case with ormolu mounts, brass feet ...

Fine French Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock Straight sided case with green ‘tortoiseshell’ inlaid with fine brass decoration surmounted by an ormolu finial, ormolu mounts throughout and standing on raised bracket feet. Gilded and chased dial with individual cartouche blue enamel numerals and gilded centre with fine ‘blued’ steel hands. Eight day movement striking the hours and halves on a silvered bell marked R & C Paris and London and numbered 5374. C.1880 Richard et Cie were one of the smaller Parisian based manufactures known for innovation having a paper published regarding temperature compensation and precision timekeeping. The firm received several awards at the grand exhibitions...

An exceptional Ships Clock set in a ships wheel in a heavy cast brass chromed case, striking the hours and the half hours. This eight day movement striking on a coiled blued steel go...

Arts & Crafts oak cased mantel clock. Two columns with brass capitals support either side of the dial with brass inlay decoration to the front panel. Copper dial...

French Blonde Tortoiseshell Mantel Clock by Samuel Marti, Paris, Queen Anne Style, Circa 1880 A particularly elegant and unusual French mantel clock dating from the late nineteenth c...

French onyx and champleve four glass mantel clock. French mantel clock housed in a hexagonal shaped green onyx case with bevelled glass panels. Fine champleve enamel decoration to all pillars, champleve decoration and fine fretwork to both the top of the case and the plinth and resting on brass feet. Gilded dial with champleve decorated centre, Arabic numerals and original ‘blued’ steel hands, the dial surrounded by diamante decoration. French eight day movement numbered 1631 with anchor escapement striking the hours and halves on a coiled gong. The mercury pendulum...

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...

Antique cast iron mantel clock produced by the Ansonia Clock Company. Dating back to the late 19th or early 20th century (circa 1880s–19...

French ceramic clock with Chinese decoration standing on outswept feet with purple and turquoise glazed decoration and lions head ‘carrying’ handles surmounted by a Foo dog resting h...

French Napoleon III ormolu and porcelain sided mantel clock in four glass form. The clock has fine jewelled porcelain panels on three sides including the full size dial. The porcelai...