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Mantel Clocks For Sale
Mantel Clock With Marble Base From the Turn of the Centuries
Located in Opole, PL
Mantel Clock With Marble Base From the Turn of the Centuries
The case with a hinged glass door, adorned with the figures of two seated women holding baskets of fruits, mounted on a ...
Category
Late 19th Century European Art Deco Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
$1,434 Sale Price
20% Off
Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Clock Silvered Dial
Located in Newark, England
Fully Stripped Cleaned & Serviced
From our Clock collection, we are delighted to offer this Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos clock. The Atmos clock with f...
Category
20th Century Swiss Art Deco Mantel Clocks
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Brass
Empire Period Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This truly stunning French mantel clock was crafted during the Empire period, and reflects the Neoclassical interests of the Emperor Napoleon I, whose influence over the decorative arts contributed toward a profound revival of beauties of the ancient empires.
The mantel clock is crafted entirely in gilt bronze, and features a stepped base on four block feet. The base depicts a Classical relief panel to the front, showing female dancing figures and putti, as well as musical instruments. Surmounting the base is an arch featuring a central mask fountain and basin...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
A Very Large Rare Meissen Porcelain 3 Piece Clock
Candelabra Garniture Set
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large and Rare German Ormolu Mounted Meissen Porcelain Three Piece Clock & Candelabra Garniture Set. This impressive set consists of three pieces: a center clock and two candelabras, each adorned with the most intricate and delicate details that have been executed to perfection. Each three armed candelabra is remarkably elaborate with foliate arms that are embellished with gilt-covered beautifully twisted branches and curling leaves on an ornate botanically-inspired base. Embraced by the arms of the candelabras are two 18th Century Meissen Porcelain figures of musical lovers, dressed in brightly detailed traditional clothes.
The round clock face, with roman numerals, a white base, and ornate hands is surrounded by a flourish of gorgeous gilt foliage, exuding an air of elegance and refinement. Perched atop the clock is a stunning Meissen Porcelain figurine of a beautiful woman posed in mid-movement, her dress aflutter, and baring her leg as she gazes up at her left hand which is holding a bunch of grapes, while also grasping a wine goblet in her lowered right hand, representing the festivities of the moment. Surrounding the clock and extending down both sides the gilt foliate leads the eye to two cherubs each admiring tiny vases of exquisitely detailed flowers. Below the cherubs, on either side, are four white ceramic pillars...
Category
1760s German Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Porcelain Clock in the Louis XV Style by Jacob Petit
By Jacob Petit
Located in London, GB
This antique porcelain mantel clock demonstrates the 19th century nostalgia for the delicately elegant decorative arts under King Louis XV, also known as the Rococo style.
Crafted by celebrated porcelain artist Jacob Petit, this exquisite clock is particularly notable for the way in which the porcelain has been shaped so as to give the clock such a whimsically free-spirited, scrolling shape. The clock is formed as a clock case upon a lower base, which are both decorated as a though a singular piece with green glaze on a white ground, accented with painted floral panels and extensive gilt highlights all over.
The clock case, which is particularly exuberant in design, features a central, circular clock dial. The white enamelled dial is bordered with beaded ormolu, and features black Roman numerals and the inscription 'Scherer'- the name of the 19th century Parisian clock...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain, patinated Bronze and Ormolu
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain, patinated Bronze and Ormolu garniture set. This stunning set consisting of a central clock and two ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Vintage Swiss Mantel Alarm Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Vintage mantel clock resting within a gilded strut frame supphandsorting a circular dial surrounded by rope decoration.
Silvered dial with o...
Category
1970s Swiss Other Vintage Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Lovely antique Edwardian quality mahogany inlaid satinwood mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique Edwardian quality mahogany inlaid satinwood mantle clock by Mappin & Webb London, having a lovely antique Edwardian quality mahogany mantle clock with inlaid satinwood...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Pure Art Deco, Marvelous Design
Warm Color Nutwood Mantle / Desk / Table Clock
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful design and also practical in size Art Deco table clock.
Over the years we have sold a number of striking (no pun intended) Art Deco clocks, but never one as cool and almost futuristic looking and perfectly symmetrical as this one. The perfect warm patina makes this clock extra special and because of its unique design and color it will look great in every Art Deco interior. To have found this hand crafted in layers table clock with rounded edges was a treat, but to find it in this amazing condition really made our day. Have you also noticed the unique and perfect condition shiny brass clock face? For it to run and strike perfectly was another plus and it all shows that this clock has been loved and looked after from the day it was handcrafted. This perfect working antique clock...
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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
George II Ebonised English Bracket Clock by Thomas Wagstaffe, London
Located in Norwich, GB
George II bracket clock by Thomas Wagstaffe, London
Ebonised bell top case surmounted by a hinged brass carrying handle standing on a raised plinth...
Category
1760s English George II Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Fruitwood
Monumental Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock by Maison Marquis
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and quite monumental antique French Louis XVI style Napoleon III ormolu mantel clock by Maison Marquis, the Movement by Languereau, Paris, 1860: surmounted by an urn i...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Antique L Marti et Cie Reuge Marble Slate Bronze Mantel Clock Garniture Set 1889
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 19th Century L. Marti et Cie French Napoleon III style Mantel Clock & Garniture Set. The beautifully designed lcock is made from slate with filigree engraving, reuge marble pan...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Slate, Bronze
Aesthetic Movement Oak Mantle Clock by Howell
James with Blue Tile Insets
Located in London, GB
Howell & James, in the style of Lewis Foreman Day. An Aesthetic Movement oak mantle clock with a carved cresting to the top and fan-shaped detail, framed by incised decoration and a ...
Category
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Oak
A Fine Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze Three Piece Clock Garniture
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze Three Piece Clock Garniture
Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of seven-light figural candelabra. Designed as a celebration of music and lyric poe...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
A Louis XVI Style Mantel Fine Gilt-Bronze Clock by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Very Fine Gilt-Bronze Clock With A White Marble Base by François Linke.
The case signed 'Linke'.
This rare example of a clock by François Linke has a twin train eight-day mov...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
Austrian Enamel and Silver-Gilt Clock by Ludwig Politzer
Located in London, GB
This magnificent silver-gilt and enamel lamp-form clock was produced in Vienna in circa 1870. The clock sits on a lozenge-shaped base, which is enamelled with panels depicting reclin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Pretty antique Victorian marble mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pretty antique Victorian marble mantle clock, having a quality antique Victorian marble mantle clock with pretty blue, green and gold decoration surrounding the brass bezel and porce...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
Antique French Louis XVI Marble and Gold Bronze Clock, Circa 1880-1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Finest Quality Marble and Gold Bronze Clock, Circa 1880-1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Twin Fusee mantel clock By William Payne
Located in Amersham, GB
A very fine English twin fusee mantel clock in the Rococo Revival taste. The eight-day movement strikes on a bell and features a heavy pendulum bob with top adjustment, suspended fro...
Category
1820s English Rococo Revival Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Ormolu
Baroque Style Bronze and Ormolu Cherub Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Baroque style bronze and ormolu cherub mantel clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 69cm, width 35cm, depth 26.5cm
This dramatic a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century French musical automaton clock
Located in London, GB
This fine, antique mantel clock is constructed in ebonised wood by the renowned Parisian maker of automata, Xavier Tharin (French, active mid 19th Century). The clock face is set onto a curled, stylized pediment atop the clock case. The face is of white enamel, featuring black Roman numerals and signed 'Tharin a Paris', and is bordered in beaded ormolu. The pediment in which the face is set is decorated with ormolu mounts of stylized acanthus leaf form. The pediment is set onto a rectangular frame of ebonised wood, inside which is set a musical automaton...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
19th Century French Pink Marble and Ormolu Clock Set
Located in London, GB
19th Century French pink marble and ormolu clock set
French, Late 19th Century
Clock: Height 46cm, width 23cm, depth 18cm
Candelabra: Height 44.5cm, width 22cm, depth 20cm
This unusual three-piece clock garniture combines stunning pink marble with ormolu classicised decoration. Featuring ornate pierced gilt brass hands, the porcelain dial of the mantel clock is framed with a floral motif that complements the tones of the marble. The clock is covered with elegant gilt-bronze classical decoration: surmounting the dial is an ormolu torch and laurel...
Category
Late 19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
$16,447 / set
Empire Period Mantle Clock by Leroy a Paris
Located in Montreal, QC
This mantle clock is by a well-respected Paris maker in a fashionable style. The oval base supports a vase shaped clock case in turn supported by winged dolphin heads and flanked by ...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French brass mounted Louis XV-style mantel clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Basildon, GB
19th Century French brass mounted Louis XV-style mantel clock, by Japy Freres.
Decorated in the Vernis Martin style with Watteauesque-style scene of a young courtship couple beneath...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Magnificent French 19th Century Mantel Clock, Victor Paillard, Paris
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A magnificent 19th century bronze mantel clock depicting allegorical figures representing Geography and literature. The white enamel clock face, Roman numerals, an eight day duration...
Category
19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Aesthetic Black Slate
Porcelain Clock Set, 3
Located in Astoria, NY
American Aesthetic Movement Black Slate and Porcelain Three Piece Clock Set, circa 1880, each piece decorated with porcelain panels depicting robins and various birds, fish, and inse...
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Slate
$2,800 / set
Black Forest Carved Mantle Clock
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Black Forest Swiss carved mantle clock with elaborate design. Featuring a chamois buck and doe on finial on top of rock formation. Lower, there are three grouse, a rabbit and varmint...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Wood
French Gilt Bronze Mounted Marine Themed Automaton Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
French gilt bronze mounted marine themed automaton mantel clock
French, circa 1850
Measures: With glass dome and base height 90 cm, width 70 cm, depth 33 cm
Clock without dome and...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze Rococo Clock - Fully Restored
By Samuel Marti
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful clock of ornate Rococo design, the case finely cast with scrolling acanthus and rocaille ornament, the front and sides with pierced lattice panels back with fabric, raise...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Red Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock, Samuel Marti, Paris
By Samuel Marti
Located in Norwich, GB
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...
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1880s French Victorian Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Ebonized Westminster Chiming Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An imposing 19th century ebonised, Westminster chiming mantle / bracket clock, having classical gilded ormolu urn finials and scrolling foliate mounts. ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Large Marble and Ormolu Clock Garniture
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Elegant antique clock garniture set, crafted from striking pink-veined marble and adorned with ornate gilded bronze details. This exquisite...
Category
19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Gilt Bronze Three-Piece Clock Set by Raingo Frères and Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze three-piece clock set by Raingo Frères and Henri Picard
This exceptional 19th century clock set comprises of three pieces crafted from gilt bronze: a central mantel cl...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Porcelain Clock
Stand by Aubert
Klaftenberger
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage elaborately decorated French porcelain mantle clock dates from the 1850's. The delicate porcelain has hand painted colorful sculpted flowers, gleaming gold gilt scrolls ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian Walnut Cased Striking Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Late Victorian walnut break arch mantel clock standing on a raised plinth and resting on four outswept gilded paw feet and surmounted by four flame finials and a central finial.
H...
Category
19th Century German Victorian Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Rococo Style Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century French gilded ormolu Rococo influenced mantel clock, having wonderful scrolling foliate decoration, the clock face having enamel Roman numerals, an e...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Lenzkirch Germany Wood And Dore Mantel Clock Circa 1890-1895
By Lenzkirch
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A mantel clock in reddish- brown figured wood veneer with dore mounts in the baroque style. The gilt metal dial with enamel numerals, the case with dore scrolled acanthus leaf frame ...
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1890s German Baroque Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Malachite, Gilt and Patinated Spelter Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This beautiful clock was crafted in France in the late 19th century. The clock is a monument to this period of industrialisation and technological innovation, being decorated with an...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Spelter
Shoe-Clock by Bucherer, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Shoe-Clock realized by Bucherer in 1970s.
Metal and Glass.
Category
1970s European Vintage Mantel Clocks
Materials
Metal
French Empire Gilded Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Madrid, ES
An elegant French Empire-style mantel clock crafted in gilded bronze, featuring a classic bust of a gentleman as its central decorative element. This timepiece exemplifies the refine...
Category
1790s Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Gilt Bronze Clock, with Bacchus Head, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
French gilt bronze clock, with Bacchus head, circa 1840.
Category
1840s French Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Lapis and Gilt Bronze Three-Piece Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This beautiful early 20th Century clock set with later lapis veneer will make a stunning Neoclassical style addition to a mantelpiece and a bold i...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu, Bronze
Napoleon III Period Neoclassical Style Three-Piece Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Napoleon III Period neoclassical style three-piece clock set.
French, 19th century
Dimensions: Height 58cm, width 47cm, depth 19cm
Comprised of a mantel clock and two flanking c...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Enamel, Ormolu
Japy Frères Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Antique French Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning original antique French gilt bronze clock by the renown maker Japy Frères. Of architectural form, the case finely cast in gilt-bronze with neoclassical ornament, surmounte...
Category
19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Boulle Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French Boulle inlaid mantel clock having wonderful classical brass inlay to the tortoiseshell ground, a gil...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
English Brass and Polished Steel Skeleton Clock Under Glass Dome Webber, C. 1870
By Webber
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass skeleton clock under original glass dome with a polished steel roman numeral dial, fuse chain movement, and affixed to an oval carved wood felt base with four bun feet....
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique Belle Époque Sculptural Three-Piece Clock Set after Auguste Moreau
Located in London, GB
Antique Belle époque sculptural three-piece clock set after Auguste Moreau
French, early 20th century
Measures: Clock height 81cm, width 40cm...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Metal, Enamel, Spelter
Fine quality antique Edwardian chinoiserie decorated mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique Edwardian chinoiserie decorated mantle clock, having a quality antique Edwardian shaped mantle clock with fantastic chinoiserie decoration throughout, having a p...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Small Georgian Mahogany Bracket Clock by Thomas Robbins, Chatham
Located in Norwich, GB
Small Georgian Bracket Clock by Thomas Robbins, Chatham
Fine mahogany arch top case standing on a raised, moulded plinth and resting on four brass ball feet with red silk lined fishs...
Category
1780s English Georgian Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Boulle Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century French Boulle inlaid mantel clock. Having a gilded ormolu figure of father time to the top, beautiful brass inlaid decoration to the sides and front. T...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Antique Monkey Barber Animated Brass-Cased Novelty Clock
Located in Forney, TX
A most amusing late 19th / early 20th century animated novelty clock, depicting monkey barber giving a haircut with disastrous results.
Art Nouveau period, brass-cased, gimbal suppo...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Palace Size Louis XVI Style Dore, Patinated Bronze Carrara Marble Figural Clock
Located in New York, NY
Palace size antique Louis XVI style museum quality Carrara marble, Dore and patinated bronze sculptural mantel clock signed Mannheim a Paris
19th Century
Centered enamel dial signed ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Egyptian Revival Mantel Clock Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Egyptian revival mantel clock & garniture set, early 20th century.
Circular white sunken dial with black Arabic numerals and brass sunburst with two train movement set in a polished black slate and stepped rouge marble case...
Category
Early 20th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
$9,200 / set
Superb Figural Bronze with Cherubs by Samuel Marti sold by Barraud
Vignon
By Samuel Marti
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This magnificent French gilt bronze figural clock by Samuel Marti, retailed by the prestigious Parisian firm Barraud et Vignon, is an exceptional example of late 19th-century French ...
Category
1870s French Neoclassical Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Sessions Mantel Clock in Marble
Brass
By Sessions
Located in Bradenton, FL
A mid century electric mantle clock. The clock face is decorated with a vine leaf motif and clover details, set in a marble block with a crimson vein in the top corner. Rests on bras...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Art Deco Red Vitascope Electric Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Art deco Vitascope clock with automation rocking ship on an illuminated ocean scene with cloud background. Original ‘Art Deco’ hands with skeletonised ...
Category
1940s Vintage Mantel Clocks
Materials
Acrylic
19th Century French, Louis XVI Style Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style gilded ormolu clock garniture, the clock having a classical urn finial with garlands, ribbons and foliate decoration. The white ename...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Francois Linke Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood and Satine Regulateur De Parquet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Francois Linke gilt bonze mounted kingwood and satine regulator de Parquet
circa 1900. Signed F. Linke.
Measures: Height 106, width 24, depth 14 Â ½ inches.
Literature: Francois...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Shreve Crump
Low Boston Chinoiserie Decorated Tole Mantel Clock - Swiss Mov
t
Located in Atlanta, GA
Swiss, retailed by Shreve Crump & Low Boston circa 1900.
Edwardian mantel clock housed in a bell top case with raised chinoiserie scenes on a yellow ground resting on gilded block ...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Chinoiserie Mantel Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel
$1,356 Sale Price
20% Off
French Napoleon III chariot clock in ormolu
marble vert
Located in London, GB
A good French Napoleon III period chariot clock of antique vert marble and ormolu. The subject is of cupid riding a fine chariot drawn by a pair of livel...
Category
1850s French Antique Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, 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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