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Late Edo Period 19th Century Japanese Pillar Clock, Shaku-Dokei, C. 1820
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Elegant Japanese pillar clock, 'SHAKU-DOKEI', c. 1820
The very fine 30-hour, weight-driven movement is constructed between bars and consists ...
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Wall Clocks
Materials
Hardwood
Large Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock with Cupid and Psyche
Located in London, GB
Large neoclassical style gilt bronze mantel clock with cupid and psyche
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 54cm, width 80cm, depth 30cm
This ...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Timeless Hourglass Collectible Design Object Silver Edition
By CTRLZAK Studio
Located in Roma, IT
Sand clocks were among the first instruments that man devised to visually perceive and measure time. Ctrlzak’s Timeless project utilizes the properties of t...
Category
2010s Italian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Steel
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...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Enamel
Marble, Gilt, and Patinated Bronze Three-Piece Clock Set by Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Marble, gilt, and patinated bronze three-piece clock set by Barbedienne
French, late 19th century
Measures: Clock: Height 93cm, width 60cm, depth 28cm
Candelabra: Height 97cm, width 46cm, depth 33cm
This monumental marble, gilt, and patinated bronze three-piece set is a stunning example of Barbedienne's craftsmanship during the Parisian Belle Époque. Paul Dubois' 'Le Courage Militaire...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Rouge Griotte Marble Clock Set
By Eugene-Antoine Aizelin, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI style ormolu and rouge griotte marble clock set
French, 1867
Clock: height 67cm, width 46cm, depth 28cm
Candelabra: height 81cm...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Griotte Marble, Ormolu
Art Deco Enamel Clock by Grogan Company
By Grogan
Co
Located in New Orleans, LA
Art Deco Enamel Clock
Grogan Company
Circa 1930
This exquisite Art Deco enamel mantle clock, crafted by the renowned American jewelry firm Grog...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
Antique French Empire Patinated and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique French Empire patinated and gilt bronze mantel clock
French, early 19th century
Measures: Height 55cm, width 43cm, depth 13cm
This fine Empire period mantel clock is wro...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
George II Lantern Alarm Clock Housed in a Perfectly Proportioned Oak Case
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
It is most likely that this charming ‘hook and spike’ lantern alarm, circa 1750, was originally commissioned or simply purchased to have its very own ca...
Category
Antique 1750s English More Clocks
Materials
Oak
An ormolu mantel clock with Queen Victoria in medieval dress, by Monroux, 1843
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This fine and unusual mantel clock is a rare model produced in France for the British market. The case incorporates a finely cast and chased figure of a lady in medieval dress, almos...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Teckell PRESTO wall pendulum clock by Gianfranco Barban
By Teckell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Presto wall pendulum clock designed by Gianfranco Barban for Teckell is a part of Takto timepieces collection. This gorgeous timepiece is the modern definition of time. The Graham es...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Gold
$20,790 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Porphyry Cercle Tournant Fine French Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This stunning antique mantel clock is unusual for its serpentine design, featuring a gilt bronze, hanging snake head that acts as a clock hand.
The 360 degree turning circular ena...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
19th Century French Marble and Ormolu Mantle Clock in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
A mantel clock in the Louis XV manner.
Constructed in white Carrara marble and gilt bronze; the rectangular form base having bowed ends, rises from gilt toupie feet and has opposed gilt sphinxes and gilt bronze foliate mounts to the facia; the two train clock...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Neoclassical Marble and Gilt Bronze Figural Mantle Clock
Located in Dublin 8, IE
A fine 19th century neoclassical statuary white marble and gilt bronze figural mantle clock, the finely cast patinated classical female in seated pose juxtaposed to gilded bronze clo...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Lapis Lazuli Mantel Clock after Falconet
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in London, GB
French sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791) is the inspiration for this beautiful, sumptuous mantel clock. His clock, crafted in the late 18th Century and now on display at the Louvre Museum, caused such a stir when it was exhibited over 100 years later, at the Great Exhibition in Paris in 1900 that one reviewer claimed that it "attracted so much admiration from the crowds gathered around that the pressure was sufficient at times to endanger its safety."
As well as this famed 'Three Graces...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu, Bronze
Lemerle-Charpentier
Compagnie Red Marble, Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock Set
By Lemerle-Charpentier
Cie
Located in London, GB
This fine and ornate antique clock set by Lemerle-Charpentier & Compagnie comprises a clock and two flanking candelabra. The asymmetrical clock is set on a red marble base with ormolu feet and features a central relief panel in patinated bronze. The circular red marble clock...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Byzantine Style Gilt Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Garniture by Raingo Frères
By Raingo Frères
Located in London, GB
Byzantine style gilt bronze and champlevé enamel clock garniture by Raingo Frères
French, late 19th century
Measures: Clock: Height 55cm, width 34cm, depth 25cm
Candelabra: Height 67cm, width 31cm, depth 28cm
The present clock set is by Raingo Frères, one of nineteenth-century France’s leading producers of luxury clocks...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
19th Century French Petite Sonnerie Ormolu Carriage Clock by Grohé with Calendar
Located in London, GB
A Petit Sonnerie carriage clock by Grohe of Paris
The gilt bronze case comprehensively engraved, and having a retractable carrying handle; the lever movement driving the petit son...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Brass, Bronze
Antique Silver and Enamel Viennese Table Clock
Located in London, GB
This 19th century, Austrian table clock is crafted in silver and the complex champleve enamel technique. The base of the clock is a semi-spherical dome inlaid with enamel panels of c...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Cl...
Materials
Silver, Enamel
English Victorian Brass Horseshoe Clock
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass horseshoe shaped desk clock with copper trumpets on oval shaped oak base. (Not working)
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Large cherub-themed gilt bronze clock garniture by Popon
By Popon A Paris
Located in London, GB
Large cherub-themed gilt bronze clock garniture by Popon
French, late 19th Century
Clock: Height 68cm, width 63cm, depth 26cm
Candelabra: Height 89cm, ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Tôle, Bronze
Early 19th Century French Musical Automaton Clock Depicting Napoleon I
Located in London, GB
A Musical Automaton Clock
Depicting Napoleon at Fontainebleau
Based on the original work of Horace Vernet "Goodbyes at Fontainebleau," the pai...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Antique French Porcelain, Gilt and Silvered Brass Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This wonderful clock set, which is comprised of a mantel clock and pair of flanking vases, is designed in a fanciful French ‘Oriental’ style. The set is crafted from brass which has been silvered, parcel gilt and painted. The clock is also mounted with porcelain plaques which are beautifully painted with colourful depictions of birds and flowers.
The mantel clock is composed of a tall rectangular body with a break arch top which is crowned by a covered twin-handled urn. The urn features a parcel gilt pointed finial on its cover and a silvered body painted with pink cherry blossoms. The urn stands on the arched top of the clock, which is decorated with a sculptural gilt scrollwork band and a gilt foliate border. The arch contains a circular porcelain dial which features a central painting of a pair of birds, encircled by black Roman Numerals within white cartouches. This dial is framed by a gilt beaded bezel. The shoulders of the clock body are mounted with parcel gilt and silvered elephant heads holding ring handles.
Porcelain panels decorate the front and sides of the silvered clock body. These panels are beautifully decorated with paintings of colourful birds, butterflies and cherry blossom trees, set within gilt stiff-leaf frames. The clock body is set on a silvered rectangular base which is edged with a parcel gilt foliate band. The front of the base is mounted with a silvered and parcel gilt lion's head mask and flanking painted porcelain plaques. The clock stands on four parcel gilt silvered feet, which are geometric and scrolled in form.
The pair of silvered vases...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Chinese Export Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Antique Viennese Enamel and Silver Gilt Clock Austria circa 1870 Bird Ostrich
Located in London, GB
A pretty Antique Silver Gilt and Viennese Enamel Clock. This oval Clock rests on the back of an ostrich, which in turn stands on a domed base. Th...
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Silver, Enamel
$6,278 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Large Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock by Beurdeley
By Maison Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Very large Louis XV style gilt bronze mantel clock by Beurdeley
French, circa 1880
Measures: Height 102cm, width 48cm, depth 29cm
This very large mantel clock...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Eight-Day Miniature Gilt-Brass Carriage Clock with Original Case
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A charming late 19th century French engraved miniature oval carriage clock with original travelling case.
The petite miniature oval gilt brass ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Victorian Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III Period Mantel Clock by Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
This stunning clock expertly showcases the ingenuity of its maker, Ferdinand Barbedienne, and its smart styling in the opulent Napoleon III style will make it an excellent addition t...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Rare Gilt Bronze and Parchment Gübelin Swiss Table Clock
By Gubelin
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare gilt bronze and parchment Gübelin Swiss table clock with eglomized figural dial and roman numbers on frame
original movement replaced by battery.
Category
Vintage 1940s Swiss Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Red Marble and Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Style Matched Clock Set
By Lemerle Charpentier 1
Located in London, GB
French red marble and gilt bronze Neoclassical style matched clock set
French, late 19th Century
Clock: Height 70cm, width 57cm, depth 23cm
Candel...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Ormolu
Good Quality Regency ‘Egyptian Style’ Mahogany Longcase Clock by John Grant
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A good quality Regency ‘Egyptian style’ mahogany longcase clock by John Grant, the case surmounted by Egyptian columns with heads and feet of ca...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Samson Porcelain and Ormolu Chinoiserie Elephant Clock
By Samson Porcelain Factory 1
Located in London, GB
Antique Samson porcelain and ormolu Chinoiserie elephant clock
French, Late 19th Century
Height 24cm, width 17cm, depth 13cm
This exquisite and...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Guillerme
Chambron Longcase Clock in Oak with Brass Accents
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, longcase clock, oak, brass, steel, France, 1960s.
Wonderful and large clock designed by Guillerme and Chambron. The piece shows a natural and...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Chan Chiao Chun Contemporary Resin Grandfather Clock Design the Netherlands 2021
By Chan Chiao Chun
Located in Barcelona, ES
Chan Chiao Chun
Grand father clock model "Day 36 Look at me"
From the series "Stay with me"
Manufactured by Chan Chiao Chun
Produced in exclusive for Side Gallery
Eindhoven, The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Metal
Unusual Early 19th Century Empire Mantel Clock in the Form of an Accanthus Plant
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Exceptional French Empire Mantel Clock in Gilt and Patinated Bronze
A rare and visually arresting French Empire mantel clock, masterfully crafted in the form of a sculptural acanthus...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze and Champleve Enamel Table Clock, E.F. Caldwell, Circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
The face of the clock surrounded by eight applied panels (four round and four rectangular), All surmounted on the backs of four lions, above a platform with additional applied plaque...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze and Enamel Clock, French, circa 1885
Located in New York, NY
Bronze and enamel clock, French, circa 1885.
Category
Antique 1880s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Marble, Patinated and Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Gervais
By Ferdinand Gervais
Located in London, GB
This three-piece set—composed of a clock and a pair of flanking candelabra—is a truly unique and delightful piece of decorative art.
The clock is modelled in the image of an 18th century sedan chair – that is, a covered chair sat in by a member of the social elite, which was carried on poles by two people. This chair-shaped clock case is crafted from gilt bronze (ormolu) and decorated with festoons and a flower finial. At its centre, there is a circular white enamel dial, which features Arabic Numbers, colorful swag paintings, and the manufacturer’s name, 'Fd Gervais / Ft du Bronzes / A Paris'. The lower part of the case is glazed, allowing one to see the clock’s sun-burst pendulum. Like a sedan chair, the clock case is carried by two patinated bronze putti...
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Antique 1870s French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Large Antique French Louis XV Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Large antique French Louis XV style patinated and gilt bronze clock set
French, 19th Century
Clock: Height 99cm, width 83cm, depth 32cm
Torchères: Height 113cm, width 33cm, depth 28...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Gilt Bronze and Parquetry Standing Clock by Kahn in the Régence Style
By E. Kahn
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and parquetry standing clock by Kahn in the Régence style
French, early 20th century
Measures: Height 262cm, width 62cm, depth 17cm
This beaut...
Category
Early 20th Century French Régence Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
French Restauration Period Gilt Bronze and Cut-Glass Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This antique French mantel clock is crafted from ornate gilt bronze and gilttering cut-glass and dates from the early 19th century. The clo...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Royer
By Ernest Royer
Located in London, GB
This beautiful gilt bronze (ormolu) clock set was crafted, circa 1870 in France. The set is designed in a rich Rococo style, after decorative art of the Louis XV period (1715-1774).
...
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
$43,674 / set
19th Century French Flame Mahogany Napoleon Empire Period Mantel Clock
By Breguet a Paris
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A superb 19th century French Flame Mahogany Napoleon Empire Period Egyptian style Mantel Clock
This clock was produced in the Fr...
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Neo-Gothic antique three piece ormolu clock set
Located in London, GB
The central clock with dial to the center, displaying hours in individual plaques in Roman numerals and five minute intervals engraved into the ormolu case in Arabic numerals, the ca...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Gothic More Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
$16,377 / set
Tiffany Bronze Round Swivel Clock
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century bronze round clock supported on a swivel base (TIFFANY)
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Egyptian Revival Malachite, Marble, Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock Set
By Charles Le Roy
Located in London, GB
This magnificent clock set is signed ‘Le Roy’, most likely for Le Roy et fils. Founded in 1785, Le Roy et fils was an acclaimed French clock-making firm...
Category
Early 20th Century French Egyptian Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Malachite, Bronze
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Clock Garniture
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
This large and impressive clock garniture set consists of a central clock and a pair of flanking vases. The three pieces are extremely finely decorated with painted cartouches of fly...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th century French Empire Period Elm Barometer signed Gabriel
Located in London, GB
Empire Cistern Barometer by Gabriel
Of rectangular form, with the case waisted, veneered in burr elm with mounts in the manner of Percier and Fontaine, of cistern type, with bronze ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Rococo Pedestal Clock, after Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener, Paul Garnier
Located in London, GB
This exquisite gilt bronze-mounted pedestal clock is the creation of the famed French clockmaker Paul Garnier (1801-1861). Garnier worked in Paris during the first half of the 19th C...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
EXTREMELY RARE JUNGHANS ATO WALL CLOCK Germany 1930
s
Located in Barcelona, ES
EXTREMELY RARE JUNGHANS ATO WALL CLOCK Germany 1930's
Category
Vintage 1930s Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Three Graces,
Three-Piece Lapis and Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This garniture comprises three pieces: a mantel clock and two flanking candelabra, the entire ensemble designed and ornamented in an ornate neoclassical style. The garniture is composed of gilt bronze and lapis lazuli, with the lapis elements being a later addition.
The mantel clock, which is supported by a lapis trefoil form base set on its sides with gilt bronze pierced foliate mounts, the gilt bronze contrasting beautifully with the lapis lazuli, contains a figural group of the three graces, sculpted from bronze and exquisitely gilded. The trio holds above their heads the spherical clock...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu, Bronze
Renaissance Revival Enamel and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Renaissance Revival enamel and gilt bronze mantel clock
French, late 19th century
Size: Height 53cm, width 29cm, depth 22cm
The mantel clock i...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Malachite Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This wonderfully ornate gilt bronze mantel clock is covered with fine sculptural decoration, including female busts, architectural motifs and stylized foliage. With its wealth of cla...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
Antique Three-Piece Louis XV and Sèvres Style Clock and Ewer Set
Located in London, GB
Antique Three-piece Louis XV and Sèvres style clock and ewer set
French, late 19th century
Dimensions: Height 36cm, width 34cm, depth 12cm
Consisting of a central mantel clock a...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Chiming Repeater Clock from 1899
By Goldsmiths
Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1899 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., this rare and collectable Antique, Victorian, Sterling Silver Repeater Clock has a plain...
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
21st Century Clessidra Hourglass in Apple Green/Straw-Yellow
By Fulvio Bianconi
Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in murano, IT
Little grains of sand, impalpable and unnoticeable as a whole yet so real, like time ticking away. In 1957, Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini captured time and shaped it into Clessidr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian More Clocks
Materials
Glass
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Blue Enamel Cartel Clock and Barometer
By Maison Mottheau et Fils
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Blue Enamel Cartel Clock and Barometer, By Maison Mottheau & Fils., Paris.
This exceptional cartel clock and aneroid barometer exhibit the finest p...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
A Large Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Large Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Cobalt Blue Ground Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture.
Comprising a mantle clock and a pair of vases and covers. The mantel clock modelled w...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
21st Century Ando Time Hourglass in Amber Yellow/Light Pink/Violet by Tadao Ando
By Tadao Ando, Venini
Located in murano, IT
A colorful hourglass enclosed in glass. Space meets time in its architecture. The sand flow carries with it the thoughts of the past and the future that Tadao Ando wished to capture.
Additional Information:
Material: Glass
Color: Amber Yellow/Light Pink/Violet
Dimensions: W 13.5 x D 13.5 x H 54 cm
Available in other color options: Grey/light pink,/red...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian More Clocks
Materials
Glass
English Tripod Table Regulator Clock by Thomas Cole, Retailed by Hunt
Roskell
By Thomas Cole (Clockmaker)
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine English Tripod Table Regulator Clock by Thomas Cole, With Integral Thermometer and Barometer, Retailed by Hunt & Roskell, London
Signed to the dial for the retailer ‘Hunt & Roskell, London.’
No. 1318 /38
The circular six-inch silvered dial with cast bezel, signed ‘Hunt & Roskell, London’, above Roman chapters and blued steel spade hands, set with a large subsidiary seconds dial below XII, the centre finely engraved with scrolling strapwork decoration. The steel winding square protruding through an engraved and shaped plate immediately below 6 o'clock with handset achieved by adjustment to the rear. The movement with tapered plates joined by cylindrical screwed pillars, a two-part backplate, a going barrel, and deadbeat escapement. The pendulum suspended from the apex of the tripod from a G-bracket, with plumb line above, fine regulation achieved by a sliding cylindrical weight on the rod, terminating in a heavy silvered spherical bob secured via Cole's pendulum-locking system.
The case formed of three cylindrical rods set on a gilt and stepped circular base engraved with scrolling foliage, the recessed centre with a semi-circular glazed barometer with silvered register scale, blued steel hand and manually adjustable gilt recording hand. The tilted thermometer within an engraved and gilded surround. Below the tip of the pendulum is a beat scale resting on a bimetallic bar providing thermal compensation, the base resting on three adjustable gilt-metal levelling nuts.
Retaining its original glass dome and brass winding key.
England, Circa 1855.
This fine and rare timepiece by Thomas Cole is a masterpiece of design.
Described by Hawkins in 'Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking' as “the first English table regulator for a gentleman’s library table,” Cole’s strut clock underwent over eight iterations before achieving a design that combined precision with extraordinary elegance.
The use of a tripod to determine the optimal pendulum suspension point is just one of several ingenious mechanisms Cole employed. Three adjustable nuts serving as feet allow for effective levelling of the clock, while a plumb line and bob ensure precise vertical alignment. Relocating the winding square directly beneath the dial eliminates the risk of scratching the surface or damaging the hands, while the inclusion of a thermometer, angled at 45 degrees, effectively conceals the beat scale and pendulum locking mechanism.
Ingeniously designed, the locking mechanism positioned just below the pendulum’s tip includes a beat scale resting on a brass bar that can be raised to secure the pendulum in place. This mechanism also provides thermal compensation through a bi-metallic strip, which automatically raises or lowers the bob in response to temperature fluctuations.
Both inventive and aesthetically striking, this rare clock exemplifies the highly ornamental Victorian timepieces...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Empire Period Ormolu Mantel Clock by Le Roy et fils
By Le Roy
Located in London, GB
Empire period ormolu mantel clock by Le Roy et fils
French, c. 1810
Height 36cm, width 37cm, depth 14cm
This refined mantel clock was created during the Empire period by the esteem...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Enamel
