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Place of Origin: American
American Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Mantel Clock by Eli Terry, Circa 1820
By Eli Terry & Sons
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany pillar and scroll mantel clock with carved scrolled pediment, brass finials, original works, reverse painted glass of Mt. Vernon, a...
Category
19th Century Antique American Clocks
Howard Miller Burl-wood & Rosewood 8 Day Tall Case Clock
By Howard Miller
Located in Denton, TX
Stunning Burl wood with rosewood grandfather clock by Howard Miller clock company. This will run for eight days on a single wind. Nice combination of chrome and brass with exotic woo...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern American Clocks
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Tiffany & Co Champlevé and Bronze Clock Set with Candelabras
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co Blue Champlevé and Bronze Clock Set with matching Champlevé Candelabras
Retailed by Tiffany & Co , New York.
Stamped Tiffany & co on the internal clock mechanism
Dat...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique American Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Antique Victorian 3-Piece Mantle Clock Set HALF OFF SALE need to go W1944
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an Antique Victorian Clock & Candleholder set in good working condition. It has been recently serviced.
There are two (2) candle holders, each is 6" Diameter by 6.5" Tall. ...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique American Clocks
Materials
Marble
Paul Frankl Telechron American Moderne Deco Clock, 1928
By Paul Frankl
Located in Sharon, CT
The iconic American Deco Frankl 'Skyscraper' mantel clock. Polished silver over brass with black bakelite base. This rare 'top of line' deco item retains the original bevelled glass ...
Category
1920s Machine Age Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Glass
Tiffany Bronze Desk Clock Bookmark Collection
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Toledo, OH
Tiffany Studios steeple top bronze desk clock in the Bookmark pattern, which features turn of the century publishers' stamps designs. Marked on rear door Tiffany Studios New York 185...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco American Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century J.E Caldwell Victorian 9 Tube Mahogany Tall Case Grandfather Clock
By J.E. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century J.E Caldwell Victorian 9 Tube Mahogany Tall Case Grandfather Clock
Dimensions : 95" Tall X 24" Wide X 17" Deep
This grandfather clock was made in the USA in the late 1...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique American Clocks
Materials
Brass
George Nelson Mid Century Ball Clock in Brass and Wood
By George Nelson
Located in Weesp, NL
Interestingly, while nearly all of the designs that came out of George’s studio were attributed to him, many were actually designed by him and his team. Some were even designed solely by someone else working at the studio.
Nelson famously recounted the story of how the Ball Clock came to life in an interview decades after it’s release:
“It was one of the really funny evenings. Noguchi came by, Bucky Fuller came by, and here was Irving, and here was I, and Noguchi - who can’t keep his hands off anything - he saw we were working on clocks and started making doodles. Then Bucky sort of brushed Isamu aside. He said, ‘This is a good way to do a clock’ and made some utterly absurd thing. Everybody was taking a crack at this, pushing each other aside and making scribbles. At some point we left – we were suddenly all tired, and we’d had a little bit too much to drink – and the next morning I came back, and here was this roll of paper, and Irving and I looked at it, and somewhere in this roll, there was a ball clock. I don’t know to this day who cooked it up.”
Nevertheless, whoever it was that came up with George Nelson’s designs, it’s almost certain that they would never have come to fruition if it wasn’t for George’s vision and forward-thinking approach.
Can you tell me more about his clocks?
George’s clocks were one of his most impressive bodies of work. In total, he and his team designed over 130 clocks in just three decades.
While it is widely accepted that Irving Harper was the lead designer for the Howard Miller Clock Company at George Nelson Associates, the collection arose after two insightful observations from George: one, that people no longer used the numbers to tell the time; and two, that since most people now used their wristwatch to tell the time, interior clocks were now free to become more decorative in nature.
The clocks were designed and released in batches of 8 and were initially only given numbers for names. The Sunflower Clock was simply ‘Clock 2261’, the Flock of Butterflies Clock was 'Clock 2226’, and so on.
The Ball was the first clock designed by George and his team and it was followed shortly after by the Star, Sunburst, Spindle, Asterisk, Turbine, Flock of Butterflies, Eye and others. The clocks were purposefully abstract and were designed to complement the modernist furniture emerging at the time.
As well as wall clocks, George’s studio also produced a series of desk clocks during that time, most notably the bubble-shaped Night Desk...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Brass
Victorian Ebonized Wood Mantle Clock
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Neoclassical back wood mantle clock. Strikes on hour and half hour with a deep resounding gong. With key and pendulum. Working order but clocks may ...
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique American Clocks
Materials
Wood
George Nelson Birch & Brass Wall Clock for Howard Miller
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
George Nelson Birch & Brass wall clock for Howard Miller.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Kite Wall Clock by George Nelson, Howard Miller, Vitra Label
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in Manhasset, NY
Mid-Century Modern kite wall clock by George Nelson, Howard Miller, Vitra Label
George Nelson (American, 1908-1986) Group of Table and Wall Clocks for Howard Miller, Vitra Design Museum, Poland/Germany, designed 1949-1954 Vitra Design Museum labels, With battery-operated mechanisms
The Kite clock...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Clocks
Materials
Metal, Enamel
American Mahogany and Églomisé Banjo Clock, E. Howard, Boston # 5, Circa 1860
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany and églomisé banjo clock with original signed and numeral paper dial under glass, decorative painted and gilt throat panel, with a hinged painted and gilt door concealing the brass pendulum. Clock is in working condition with no issues. Signed by E. Howard and Co...
Category
1860s American Empire Antique American Clocks
Materials
Brass
Pennsylvania Cherry Tall Case Clock, Jedediah Weiss, Bethlehem
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional Federal cherry tall case clock with a brass eight day works signed Jedediah Weiss Bethlehem, with beautiful inlay including a contrasting fan carving above the waist d...
Category
Early 19th Century Federal Antique American Clocks
Materials
Cherry, Maple, Satinwood
Large Marble Clock Face with Bronze Numbers
Located in Huntington, NY
Large marble clock face with bronze numbers.
Category
Mid-20th Century Other American Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1932 Isamu Noguchi “Measured Time” Hawkeye Clock
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in New York, NY
Measured time clock and kitchen timer, 1932.
Tested and working.
Two models of this clock were produced: a limited run of white Bakelite clocks ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern American Clocks
Materials
Bakelite
Vintage Museum Wall Clock by Nathan George Horwitt for Howard Miller
By Nathan Horwitt, Howard Miller
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid-Century Modern museum wall clock designed by Nathan George Horwitt for Howard Miller Clock Company, Zeeland Michigan. Encased with an eggshel...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Metal
American Brass Miniature Carriage Clock with Beveled Glass, New York. C. 1850
By James Mix
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass miniature carriage clock with beveled glass, carrying handle , and signed enamel over copper face with dial. Clock consists of time, strike,...
Category
1850s American Classical Antique American Clocks
Materials
Brass, Copper, Enamel
Antique Eli Terry School American Empire Flame Mahogany Mantle Clock c1840
By Eli Terry & Sons
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique Eli Terry School American Empire Flame Mahogany Open Escapement Mantle Clock with Folia...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Empire Antique American Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Brutalist Wall Clock by Syroco - vintage, mid-century modern. CLOSING SALE
By Syroco
Located in Warrenton, OR
Brutalist Wall Clock by Syroco - vintage, mid-century modern. CLOSING SALE
*****NOTICE: OUR 1ST DIBS SHOP CLOSES AT THE END OF MAY*****
This sculptural mid-century modern Syroco wall...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist American Clocks
Materials
Other
1970 Museum Wall Clock by Nathan Horwitt for Howard Miller/ POP MODERN SPACEAGE
By Howard Miller, Nathan Horwitt
Located in Buffalo, NY
1970 "Museum Wall Clock" model 622-342 Pop Modernist / Space age design by Nathan George Horwitt for Howard Miller featuring a white enameled steel frame with a composite pressboard...
Category
1970s Space Age Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Steel
1970s Arthur Umanoff for Howard Miller wall clock
By Arthur Umanoff, Herman Miller
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Arthur Umanoff for Howard Miller 1970s wall clock, model #588. Made of a walnut case, original red back, brushed aluminum clock face, brass Roman nu...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
Brown Industrial Factory Wall Clock from IBM, 1950s
By IBM
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This wall clock was produced by IBM in USA during the 1950s. It features a brown metal frame, iron dial, aluminium hands and a clear glass cover. The piece has been converted into a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial American Clocks
Materials
Iron
Art Deco Hexagonal NEON Advertising Clock "FAMOUS READING ANTHRACITE" red neon
By Neon Products
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco Hexagonal NEON Advertising Clock "FAMOUS READING ANTHRACITE" Mining co. Made by Neon Products Ohio, Strong Visual ! All original,, Tested and keeping perfect time, Retains...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
"Caldwell Clock w/ Siena Marble and Caryatids", Lorillard Estate, Tuxedo Park
By J.E. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinary work of art by America's leading maker of luxe objects for homes and businesses in the early 20th century, this large and heavy Siena marble clock by J. E. Caldwell ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
SUPERB Antique L&JG Stickley G. F. Clock in Excellent Condition. OUR FINAL SALE
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is a great looking grandfather clock from the early 1900s. Made by L&JG Stickley, the clock is in excellent condition with no repaired or replaced parts. It is in running condi...
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique American Clocks
Materials
Oak
Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye "Measured Time" Clock and Kitchen Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
The “Measured Time” clocks have appeared previously on the market without attribution, identified only by the clockface “Hawkeye” label or the Stev...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Metal
Telechron Skyscraper Bakelite Clock
By Paul Frankl, Warren Telechron Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Telechron Electric Skyscraper Bakelite Table Clock. Working alarm with many of the styling of Paul Frankl's Famous metal Table Clock. This clock was often said to be designed by Fr...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Bakelite
Sessions Clock Co. American Victorian Bronze Column Wooden Case Mantel Clock
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian mantel clock with an ebonized wood case and white enamel & brass clock face flanked by bronze columns topped with a red faux marble...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique American Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Enamel
Art Deco Bakelite Telechron Clock
By Paul Frankl
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful Period Art Deco Bakelite Telechron Clock in the manner of Paul Frankl
As Found Condition. Missing the glass lens. the metal piece in front is ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco American Clocks
Materials
Bakelite
OSHKOSH BGOSH work clothes NEON clock / sign
By Neon Products, Oshkosh Trunks & Luggage Inc.
Located in Buffalo, NY
OSHKOSH BGOSH work clothes NEON clock / sign .. Amazing original condition,, Unmolested.. Tested ,, clock keeps accurate time, neon working perfectly.
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Metal
1982 Howard Miller Limited Edition Mahogany Hourglass II Mantle Clock
By Howard Miller
Located in Germantown, MD
For your consideration is this 1982 Howard Miller Limited Edition Mahogany Hourglass II wall Mantle Clock. Hour glass II has a secret link with the futu...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern American Clocks
Materials
Brass, Other, Iron
1940's American Paint Decorated Grandmother's/Pencil Clock
By Colonial Furniture Company
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., USA, a paint decorated Grandmother's/Pencil clock with the dial marked "Colonial", circa 1940, Colonial Manufacturing Co., Zeeland, Michigan. Hand painted in Adams style with floral designs and a Colonial scene on the central cartouche. The front door opens to reveal a storage space for umbrellas, walking sticks and the like. This is a whimsical, fun and useful decorative piece.
Colonial Manufacturing Company...
Category
1940s American Colonial Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Directoire Style Cream Painted Gilt Polychromed Decorative Barometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Cream Painted and Gilt Polychromed Directoire Barometer
P. F. Bollenbach Barometer and Thermometer, 20th Century
A stunning French-style cream-painted and gilt polychromed D...
Category
20th Century Directoire American Clocks
Materials
Glass, Wood
Midcentury Italian Postmodern Wall Clock in Mondrian Complementary Colors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautiful artist made wall clock from the 1990s. Will work well with Sottsass and Memphis Italian post modern design. Signed by artist.
Category
1990s Post-Modern American Clocks
Materials
Metal
1960s Simplex Electric School Wall Clock
By Simplex
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Simplex Wall Clock
12.75 h x 12.75 x 3 d
Original vintage. Patina present on aluminum frame. Minor scratch on glass.
Tested and working super quiet
Refer to images listed
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
Measured Time clock by Isamu Noguchi
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
This interval clock was Noguchi's first industrial design.
Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) for Stevenson Mfg. Co. Hawkeye Measured Time clock and kitch...
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Metal
George Nelson Model-4758 Wall Clock for Howard Miller
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
George Nelson Model-4758 wall clock for Howard Miller.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Metal
Rare Art Deco Electric Desk Clock by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Gilbert Rohde
Located in San Diego, CA
Super rare art deco electric desk clock with alarm by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller, circa 1930s. The clock is in good vintage condition and measures 8.5"W x 2.5"D x 5"H. The cloc...
Category
20th Century Art Deco American Clocks
Materials
Wood
Vintage Brown Wooden Wall Clock from Seth Thomas, 1980s
By Seth Thomas Clock Company
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Wall clock produced by Seth Thomas Clock Company in USA during the 1980s. It features a brown wooden veneered clockface and aluminium hands. The piece has been converted into a batte...
Category
1980s Industrial Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
Jack Daniels Clock /Oak Case /Battery
By Svoboda
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A good looking Clock for any Jack Daniels Collector. Look good on a bar top or on the wall. Most likely Salesman gift ! Good size. In excellent condition, has been in a private colle...
Category
1980s American Classical Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Oak
Tiffany & Co. Bronze Desk Clock, Early 20th century
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Savannah, GA
Tiffany & Co. bronze desk clock, early 20th century. Heavy bronze case with metal face and engraved Arabic numerals. Marked Tiffany & co New York. Front and back unscrew. Mechanism w...
Category
Early 20th Century American Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Nicolai Canetti - Artec - Table Clock 1980s
By Canetti
Located in Den Haag, NL
Rare Postmodern Constructivist Geometric Artec Collector's Collection Clock by Canetti, USA, 1980s.
Postmodern Clock, ArTime Collection, by Canetti, Inc, 1980s
This clock has a uniqu...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Metal
Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller Blue Mirror Clock
By Herman Miller, Gilbert Rohde
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller blue mirror table clock. Rohde introduced a series of clocks in the early 30's that are some of the most amazing des...
Category
1930s Machine Age Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
American Walnut Tall Case Clock by Solomon Gorgas
Located in Essex, MA
By Solomon Gorgas. Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania. Works just cleaned and in good working order. With arched bonnet with pinwheel inlay in the scrolls. Glazed door opening to enameled wo...
Category
Late 18th Century Federal Antique American Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
John Nicholl Federal Tall Case Clock
By John Nicholl
Located in New York, NY
Federal Tall Case Clock
Made and Signed by John Nicholl, (1784-1862)
Belvidere, New Jersey Circa 1825
Primary Wood: Mahogany, Mahogany Ven...
Category
Early 19th Century Federal Antique American Clocks
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
Sessions United Mid-Century Clipper Ship Electrified Table Clock
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century American clipper ship-shaped table/mantel clock with a shaped wooden body, shaped metal sales, and a central white and black enamel clock face...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Clocks
Materials
Metal
George Nelson Studio Steering Wheel Clock
By George Nelson
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An original George Nelson Studio steering wheel clock
Original surface, hour markers and second hand
Howard Miller Decal present,see detail phot...
Category
1950s Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Metal
Telechron Model 7H141 Lucite & Brass Electric Desk Clock
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare Lucite and brass Telechron Model 7H141 Electric desk clock featuring a brass face with a bubble glass front fitted inside a highly polished square acrylic block with brass feet....
Category
1940s Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Acrylic
1980s Postmodern Memphis Era Wall Clock by Howard Miller
By Howard Miller
Located in San Diego, CA
Great design and rare piece circa 1980s glass face with a brass ring frame, and a black plastic frame with a withe plastic accent edge line, Classic design from the Memphis era nice ...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern American Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
19th Century Gilt Bronze French Mantle Clock with Rose Swags
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Late 19th century gilt bronze French mantle clock with rose swags.
Decorated with a large ribbon bow and clusters of roses swags around the face, and sides of the clock. A beautiful...
Category
19th Century Louis XVI Antique American Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Lawson Table Clock
By Lawson Time Inc.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early cyclometer digital clock housed in a wonderful architectural
case.
Exceptional condition with the exception of a small corner chip to the onyx base.
The clock is in worki...
Category
1930s Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Onyx, Silver Plate, Brass
Antique Arts & Crafts "Eight Day Mission Strike" Mantel Clock -W7362 SALE 40%
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
Antique Arts & Crafts "Eight Day Mission Strike" Mantel Clock - W7362
This is a very nice antique "Eight Day Mission Strike" Mantel Clock from the early 1900s. Manufactured by the...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts American Clocks
Materials
Wood
1970’s Kirsch Hamilton Aurora Clock Restored
By Kirsch/Hamilton
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A vintage 1970s Aurora clock. These stunning clocks are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art MOMA in NY. Developed in the 1970s by a NASA engineer and an architect these stu...
Category
1970s Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
Arthur Umanoff Desk Clock, George Nelson & Associates, 1950s
By George Nelson, Howard Miller
Located in Amarillo, TX
George Nelson & Associates
table clock.
Howard Miller Clock Company,
USA.
Rosewood, steel.
Measures: 4.25 W x 3 D x 5.5 H inches.
Signed with decal manufacturer's label t...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Clocks
Materials
Steel
19th Century Tiffany & CO Oak 5 Musical 5 Gong Tall Case Grandfather Clock
By Walter Durfee
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century Tiffany & CO Oak 5 Musical 5 Gong Tall Case Grandfather Clock
Dimensions : 104" Tall X 26" Wide X 15.5" Deep
This gorgeous grandfather clock was made in the late 19th ...
Category
1890s Federal Antique American Clocks
Materials
Oak
American Federal Grain Painted and Stenciled Tall Clock by Rufus Cole
Located in Essex, MA
A Rare and Complete American Federal Tall Case Clock. Riley Whiting Wooden Works, original. A Rufus Cole Grain-Painted and Stenciled Case. S...
Category
Early 19th Century Federal Antique American Clocks
Materials
Pine
Benedict Studios Arts & Crafts Bronze Mantel Clock, Circa 1910
By Benedict Manufacturing Co. 1
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period bronze mantel clock with an emblems of classical Greek figures
By Benedict Studios (signed to the underside)
USA, Ci...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts American Clocks
Materials
Bronze
10.5" Brass Clock with tinted epoxy by Daughter Manufacturing
Located in Camden, ME
This stunning clock is made of a single spun piece of solid brass. It is designed with inlaid varying sized brass rings and then filled with tinted epoxy poured. The hour and min...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern American Clocks
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
