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Good French Morbier Iron and Brass Wall Regulator, circa 1860
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
, maintaining power and heavy grid iron pendulum with brass bob, placed on a heavy cast iron bracket.
Category

19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Bobbers

Mahogany Verge Dial Clock
Located in Buckinghamshire, GB
of Rotherhithe. It has a fusee movement, shaped plates and a verge escapement with a bob pendulum.
Category

Late 18th Century English Antique Bobbers

Viennese Miniature "Laterndluhr" with Mother-of-Pearl, circa 1815
Located in Vienna, AT
steel pendulum with gilt and engraved weights and pendulum bob.  
Category

1810s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

Antique Growler French Children s Toy
Located in Phoenix, AZ
wheels and also makes him growl with his bobbing head. His mouth opens and he follows on the wheels on
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1890s French Folk Art Antique Bobbers

Materials

Paper

Wooden Child s Push Toy
Located in Carson City, NV
This is a circa 1880's child's push toy with a horse that bobs up and down as the toy is pushed. It
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19th Century American Antique Bobbers

Materials

Wood, Leather

Italian Memphis Style Desk Lamp, 1980s
By Memphis Group
Located in MIJDRECHT, NL
after the Bob Dylan song “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again“. The song was played
Category

1890s Italian Modern Antique Bobbers

Materials

Metal

Louise Brooks Smiling in Brimmed Hat Movie Star News Fine Art Print
Located in Las Vegas, NV
noted as an iconic symbol of the flapper and for popularizing the bobbed haircut. This classical closeup
Category

1920s Antique Bobbers

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

18th Century Mahogany Regulator of Rare Small Size
By Bartholomew Devis
Located in London, GB
6 inch brass bob with an engraved rating screw. The elegant small mahogany case has a shallow
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1770s English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Original Vintage 1922 Motor Car Racing Poster Armangue Trophy Tarragona Spain
Located in London, GB
Moto Club of Catalonia organised the Armangué Trophy from 1921-1923. Printed by T.G Bobes. Barcelona
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1920s Antique Bobbers

Materials

Paper

Louise Brooks Reading Catalog Fine Art Print
By Eugene Robert Richee
Located in Las Vegas, NV
noted as an iconic symbol of the flapper and for popularizing the bobbed haircut. This classical image
Category

1920s Antique Bobbers

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

Day-Going Weight Driven Movement, Count-Wheel Hour Striking and Alarm on a Bell
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
bob visibly swinging, engraved front and plain side frets, further engraved frets on the glazed wings
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17th Century British Charles II Antique Bobbers

Materials

Bronze

Barwise, London a Late George III Period Mahogany Drop Dial Wall Clock
By John Barwise
Located in London, GB
and heavy brass bob pendulum.
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Early 1800s British George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Louise Brooks Fine Art Print
By Eugene Robert Richee
Located in Las Vegas, NV
popularizing the bobbed haircut. This image was captured by photographer Eugene Robert RIchee and is credited
Category

1920s Antique Bobbers

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, C Print

An Austrian rosewood inlaid Dachluhr with Grande Sonnerie, circa 1840
By Leonard Mϋller
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
with wood rod and brass bob, spring driven grande sonnerie striking on two gongs, rosewood case with
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19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Bobbers

Materials

Rosewood

Beautiful French Mahogany Floor Standing Regulator Signed by Aime Jakob, No.7
By Aime Jacob 1
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
stamped by Aine Jakob Subscription No. 7 Wooden pendulum stick with a heavy bronze bob.
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Bobbers

Materials

Wood

A Decorative South German Parcel Gilt Sculptural Table Clock, Circa 1730
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
sunburst bob, trip repeating rack half hour striking on a bell, mounted in the belly of a carved parcel
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18th Century and Earlier German Régence Antique Bobbers

Materials

Wood

French Restauration Period Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock
By Lamy
Located in Vancouver, BC
original mercury gilding. The pendulum bob in the shape of a putto riding on a cloud. The gilded dial is
Category

Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Bobbers

Materials

Bronze

Dutch Walnut Quarter Striking Zaanse Wall Clock, C. van Rossen, circa 1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
bob, count wheel Dutch quarter striking on two bells, alarm, 'schoolboard' type walnut case with
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18th Century Dutch William and Mary Antique Bobbers

Materials

Walnut

Early Victorian Brass Skeleton Clock
By Dell Bristol
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
large brass bob pendulum. Silvered dial with Roman numerals signed ‘Dell, Bristol’. The clock resting
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1840s English Victorian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

Superb Perpetual Calendar Clock by Achille Brocot and Jean Baptiste Delettrez
By Achille Brocot, Jean-Baptiste Delettrez
Located in Keyston, GB
', striking on a bell, linked via a Cam to the calendar mechanism, the pendulum with similarly engraved bob
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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Bobbers

Materials

Ormolu

A French 4-Glass Regulator with Perpetual Calendar, Brocot Delettrez, ca. 1860
By Brocot Delettrez
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
steel suspended Ellicott-type pendulumwith gilt bob, connected to the calendar mechanism, the four glass
Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Marble, Brass

Rare Dutch Mahogany, Precision Wall Regulator by A. Kaiser
By A. Kaiser, s-Hage
Located in Amsterdam, NL
with leveling screws, seperately steel suspended pendulum with large brass bob and zinc compensation
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19th Century Dutch William III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Important George III Mahogany Longcase Clock, Thomas Mudge, London Circa 1765
Located in Antrim, GB
-faced bob. Striking the hours on bell. Height 98ins x 19.5ins x 9ins deep. (249cm x 50cm x 23cm) approx
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1760s English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

Small Mahogany Moonroller Longcase Clock
Located in Buckinghamshire, GB
strikes the hours on a gong. It has brass weights and silvered pendulum bob.
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Early 20th Century English Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Regency Mahogany Fusee Wall Clock
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
eight day fusee movement with a brass pendulum bob. The mahogany drop case has carved decoration and
Category

1820s English Regency Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Vienna Regulator by J.G.W. Meyer, circa 1850
By J.G.W. Meyer
Located in London, GB
brass bob. Inside at the base of the trunk is a silvered brass rating scale plaque. Date: circa 1850
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1850s Austrian Victorian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Masterpiece Precision Regulator
By François Frewin
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
Ellicott, with micrometric crutch adjustment, graduated adjustment on the heavy lead-filled ormolu bob. The
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1920s Belgian Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Oak

Mason Decoy Factory Challenge Grade Black Duck, Original Paint, circa 1900
By Mason Decoy Factory
Located in Quechee, VT
decoy to be more stabile when floating in the water, with less bobbing. Mason decoys are highly
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Early 1900s American Sporting Art Antique Bobbers

Materials

Glass, Wood

Good 18th Century George II Longcase Clock by Moore of Ipswich
By Thomas Moore (b.1690)
Located in London, GB
lead weights and brass pendulum bob. Signed / Inscribed Moore Ipswich For a full history of
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1750s English George II Antique Bobbers

Materials

Lacquer

Georgian Mahogany Longcase Clock by Mummery, Dover, circa 1830
By Mummery
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
large bell, original lead weights and brass bob pendulum, circa 1830. ‘Michael Pearson’s’ informative
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1830s English Georgian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Untitled, 1978-1980
By Neil Williams
Located in New York, NY
Cooper, David Bowie, and John Lennon, and even early and important performances by Aerosmith, Bob Marley
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Early 20th Century Abstract Antique Bobbers

Materials

Acrylic

18th Century Balloon Shaped Satinwood 8-Day Mantel Timepiece by Weeks, London
By Thomas Weeks
Located in London, GB
Classic tapered bob form. Measure: Height 15 in (38cm) including finial Height 12 ½ (32cm) excluding
Category

1810s English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Satinwood

18th Century French Swinging Lyre Skeleton Clock
By Jean-Baptiste-André Furet
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
with sunburst bob forming an oscillating bezel knife-edge suspended from the finely cast and chiseled
Category

1780s French Louis XVI Antique Bobbers

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

1918 Four-Bladed Propeller from a SE5A Fighter Aircraft
By Marc Birkigt
Located in London, GB
, run by Bob Gardner, the noted expert on WW1 aircraft propellers who has published six books on British
Category

Early 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Antique Bobbers

Materials

Hardwood

Large Bronze Sculpture "Prise De Corsaire" by Emmanuel Villanis
By Emmanuel Villanis
Located in Marseille, FR
honorable mention in 1892 at the Salon where he exhibited two plaster sculptures : Mlle Bob Walter and
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Bobbers

Materials

Bronze

George III Precision Bracket Clock
By Thomas Pratt
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
, adjustment under the bob. Hourly rack strike on a bronze bell above, with pull-repeat on the right hand side
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Early 19th Century Great Britain (UK) George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

19th Century, Floor Standing Mahogany Regulator
By Hurt Wray
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
lozenge section to take the weight of the large heavy brass-faced bob and graduated rating nut, the small
Category

1830s English Regency Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XV Neuchateloise-Style Cartel Mantel Clock Made for the Doria Family
Located in Napoli, IT
foliate and scrolling shapes while the brass pendulum bob swings below it. There are flared rosewood case
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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Bobbers

French Provincial Oak Tall Case Clock
Located in Kirkland, WA
a replaced pendulum with a lead bob. The clock chimes the hours with a bell strike at the top of
Category

Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bobbers

Materials

Enamel

Canyon Diablo Arizona Crater Full Meteorite, Robert Haag Collection
Located in Portland, OR
This meteorite was purchased in the early 1980s from the Bob Haag Collection, this massive Canyon
Category

15th Century and Earlier American Antique Bobbers

Materials

Iron

Empire-Period Astronomical Skeleton Clock with Quarter-Strike on Three Bells
By Baguellin
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
compensation, a gilt pendulum bob and knife-edge suspension. The two different strikes are controlled by their
Category

1810s French First Empire Antique Bobbers

Materials

Marble, Brass, Enamel, Ormolu

Palatial Regulator Longcase Clock
Located in Chesterfield, GB
brass cased weight and a heavy lead filled pendulum bob and a wood rod I would urge prospective buyers
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19th Century English Antique Bobbers

Japanned George III-Period Precision Bracket Clock by Parkinson Frodsham
By Parkinson Frodsham
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
deadbeat escapement visible from the rear, spring suspended pendulum with adjustment above the bob, the rod
Category

1810s English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass, Steel

Month duration Vienna Regulator "Laterndluhr" by Michael Bachner, circa 1830
By Michael Bachner
Located in Vienna, AT
beating pendulum with brass bob. Michael Bachner: master in Vienna 1818. Compare: Erika Hellich: Alt
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1830s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Triple pad bracket clock signed Joshua Martineau, St Martins Court.
Located in Kent, GB
above the date the aperture. There is also a false pendulum with an engraved bob with which one can stop
Category

Late 18th Century British Antique Bobbers

19th Century Chinese Canton Famille Rose Porcelain Clock with English Movement.
By William Barraud
Located in London, GB
plates, two train fusee with gut lines, anchor escapement and bob pendulum, hour striking and repeating
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1830s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass, Steel

Gorham of Providence One of a Kind Prototype Sterling Silver Vase 1908
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
. This work required seventeen and half hours at a cost of $8.75. Finally the vase was bobbed (twenty
Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Bobbers

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th Century Painting of Windsor Castle by William Richardson Tyler
By William Richardson Tyler 1
Located in Alexandria, VA
Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs." Creps, Bob, "Biographical Encyclopedia of American
Category

1870s American Antique Bobbers

Materials

Canvas

Georgian Bracket Clock on Its Bracket by George Prior, London
By George Prior
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
pendulum with adjustment under the bob. Hourly rack strike on a bronze bell above. Finely engraved rear
Category

1790s English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass, Enamel

The Vanities
By Maurice Milliere
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Atlantic were familiar with the adventures of this delightful bobbed hair cover girl "Fanny" who appeared
Category

1920s Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Precision Table Regulator, Masterpiece from Jean De Greef
By Jean De Greef
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
. Pine wood rod pendulum with micrometric crutch adjustment, graduated adjustment on the heavy brass bob
Category

1920s Belgian Belle Époque Antique Bobbers

Materials

Oak

La Vie D Hiver
By Maurice Milliere
Located in Minneapolis, MN
were familiar with the adventures of this delightful bobbed hair cover girl "Fanny" who appeared in a
Category

1920s Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Gouache, Graphite, Illustration Board

George III Black Lacquer Tavern Clock by Henry Overall of Ramsey
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
rod with brass faced bob and what may well be the original, large lead weight, circa 1770. Price
Category

1770s English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Exception Marquetry Longcase Tall Case Clock, Christopher Gould, London
Located in Chesterfield, GB
a brass faced domed pendulum bob. The case is constructed in English oak and marquetry veneered
Category

Late 17th Century English William and Mary Antique Bobbers

Materials

Wood

Satinwood Dachluhr Vienna Regulator Wall Clock
Located in Chesterfield, GB
pendulum itself is very nice, having a wood rod and a perfect brass backed bob. The movement is mounted
Category

Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Bobbers

Materials

Satinwood

Denny Dent Jimmy Hendrix Oil on Paper Original Painting Massive 71.5x58.5"
Located in Minneapolis, MN
, including John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Madonna, Dr. King, Bob Marley and Albert Einstein. Jimi Hendrix was a
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Antique Bobbers

Materials

Oil

Scottish Floor Standing Regulator of Small Size, circa 1780
By Samuel Brown
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
front angles and terminating in shaped and carved protrusions to accept the swing of the pendulum bob
Category

1780s Scottish George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

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Antique Bobbers For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique bobbers is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique bobbers was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and ceramic. Antique bobbers have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Baroque antique bobbers are consistently popular styles. Many antique bobbers are appealing in their simplicity, but Royal Copenhagen, Bob Cut and Christian Thomsen produced popular antique bobbers that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique Bobbers?

Antique bobbers can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,197, while the lowest priced sells for $55 and the highest can go for as much as $9,800.