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19th Century Antique French Ormolu Bronze Mantel Clock with Musical Design Motif
By S. Marti & Cie
Located in Madrid, ES
A true museum piece, this beautifully sculptural clock could easily find its home in a traditional environment, or be a functional and explosive counterpoint to a minimalist interior...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Revival Used Clocks
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Ormolu
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H 31.5 in W 19.69 in D 11.82 in
Miniature Carriage Clock by Mathew Norman of Switzerland w/ Original Key
By Matthew Norman SA
Located in Savannah, GA
This very petite miniature carriage clock was made by Mathew Norman of
Switzerland and retains the original key.
Features include a miniature brass Corniche case with rectangular
top...
Category
20th Century Swiss Neoclassical Used Clocks
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Ronson 1936 Maltese Art Deco Machine Age Black Clock With Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
A Maltese clock & touch tip lighter designed by Ronson.
This is an extremely rare Ronson Maltese clock Touch-Tip lighter. This is a very iconic piece made in 1936 at Newark, New Jer...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Used Clocks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 4.06 in W 4.25 in D 2.52 in
Rare Mid Century Modern George Nelson Orange Ball Clock Model 4755
By George Nelson
Located in Plainview, NY
An original George Nelson ( 1908- 1986) Mid Century Modern Ball Clock model 4755. This iconic clock features a distinctive and modern design with a mid-century aesthetic. The centr...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Metal
Le Coultre Atmos 15 Jewels Swiss Shelf Clock Brass Case 9.25 in, x 8.25 in.
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare square face, Le Coultre Atmos 15 Jewels Swiss Shelf Clock.
Gold plated brass case that measures 9.25”h x 8.25”w and 6.38”d. Running as it should but we feel it should be taken ...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass, Enamel
H 9.25 in W 8.25 in D 6.38 in
Art Deco Tessellated Marble , Onyx & Brass Mantlepiece Clock signed Ucra
Located in New York, NY
This impactful and elegant Art Deco Tessellated Marble,onyx & Brass Mantlepiece Clock signed Ucra originates from France, Circa 1935. Featuring an arched composition in two varietie...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Used Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Monumental clock in gilded bronze representing Spartacus
Located in Paris, FR
Monumental clock in gilded and patinated bronze representing Spartacus freed from his chains.
Date of manufacture : circa 1850
Working condition, still maintained by the master watch...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Used Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Empire Mantel Clock “au Char de l’Amour”, signed Bourez à Paris, circa 1810
Located in Greding, DE
French mantel clock crafted from fire-gilt bronze, featuring a green marble plinth supported by paw feet. Atop the clock sits Cupid, depicted as a charioteer riding a two-horse chari...
Category
1810s French Empire Used Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 14.57 in W 17.72 in D 5.12 in
Mantel Clock depicting the Three Arts, France, Mid-19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Bronze clock with a dark blue, spherical clock case with Roman hours and snake-shaped hands. The case is supported by three female personifications of the arts of painting, sculpture...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Used Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Swiss 1915 Art Deco Guilloche Blue Enamel Desk Clock In Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco desk clock with blue enamel.
This is an exceptional desk clock, made in Switzerland during the art deco period, around the 1915. The craftsmanship of this beautiful desk...
Category
1910s Swiss Art Deco Used Clocks
Materials
Silver, Enamel, Sterling Silver
H 1.25 in W 3.25 in D 3.25 in
18th Century Gilt Bronze Boulle Marquetry Ormolu-Mounted Bracket Clock
Located in PARIS, FR
A regence boulle marquetry ormolu-mounted bracket clock
Our violin-shaped cartel is decorated with a marquetry Boulle with engraved brass decorated with windings, florets, cartridge...
Category
Early 18th Century French Régence Used Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Lalique France Crystal "Hulotte" Owl Clock in Original Box
By Lalique
Located in Miami, FL
Lalique France crystal "hulotte" owl clock in original box.
Offered for sale is a retired Lalique Hulotte Owl crystal clock presented in the original Lalique box. The clock is enc...
Category
Late 20th Century French Used Clocks
Materials
Crystal
Paul Dupré-Lafon, Hermès Desk Clock, c.1935
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Vintage Hermes Brown Leather Desk/Table Clock, 1930s
This is a beautiful Art Deco style table/desk clock.
Original leather with gold brass details.
hand-stitched by Hermès
echappem...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Used Clocks
Materials
Brass
Litchfield Cathedral Skeleton Clock by Evans of Handsworth
By William F. Evans of Handsworth
Located in New Orleans, LA
This remarkable English Litchfield Cathedral skeleton clock, crafted by Evans of Handsworth, captures the essence of the famed Lichfield Cathedral with its iconic three-spire top and...
Category
19th Century English Used Clocks
Materials
Silver, Steel
Monumental Three-Train Bracket Clock by J.C. Jennens & Sons
Located in New Orleans, LA
This intricately detailed 19th-century bracket clock from famed English firm J.C. Jennens & Sons is monumental in size, likely made for one of the great world exhibitions or perhaps ...
Category
19th Century English Used Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Pedro Friedeberg, Exceptional Surrealist Carved Clock, Gilt Wood, Mexico 1970s
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in New York, NY
Pedro Friedeberg (b. 1937)
An exceptional, dreamlike Astroclock sculpture by Mexican Surrealist master Pedro Friedeberg, in carved and gold-leafed mahogany enriched by striking pain...
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 19.75 in W 11.25 in D 5 in
Vintage Industrial Brown Enamel Synchronome Factory Wall Clock, c.1930
By Synchronome
Located in London, GB
A simply formed one piece enamel wall clock made in England by Synchronome. c.1930
Formerly slave clocks made from a single piece of enamelled steel featuring roman numerals with ...
Category
1930s English Industrial Used Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Onyx and Enamel Desk Clock by J.E. Caldwell
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Art Deco style is beautifully executed in this enchanting desk clock by J.E. Caldwell. The gilded dial, beautifully enameled in midnight blue and celadon green, sports four perfe...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Used Clocks
Materials
Onyx, Enamel
Large Industrial Cast Iron Gents of Leicester Factory Wall Clock, c.1930
By Gents of Leicester
Located in London, GB
Large cast iron factory clock manufactured by renowned electrical company Gents of Leicester. c.1930
Almost certainly used in an industrial setting, this clock retains it's remnan...
Category
1930s English Industrial Used Clocks
Materials
Iron
Bakelite Industrial Factory Wall Clock by Pragotron
By Pragotron
Located in Vienna, AT
Industrial wall clock Pragotron. Frame made of bakelite. The clock face is covered with glass. Formerly a slave clock, it is now fitted with a modern quartz movement with an AA-batte...
Category
1950s Czech Industrial Used Clocks
Materials
Glass, Bakelite
Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Clock Silvered Dial
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
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 four glass domed case and canted corne...
Category
20th Century Swiss Art Deco Used Clocks
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Brass
Jules Vieillard Chinoiserie Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
French (Mid-19th Century) Chinoiserie design faience 6-sided mantel clock with foo dog top and elephant heads on sides. (by JULES VIEILLARD, Bordeau France) (Not working)
Category
19th Century English Regency Used Clocks
Materials
Metal
Industrial Factory Wall Clock from Chronotechna, 1950s
By Chronotechna
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This factory wall clock wad produced by Chronotechna in former Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. It features a grey metal frame, an iron dial, an aluminum hands and a clear glass cove...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Used Clocks
Materials
Iron
Vintage Industrial Synchronome Factory Wall Clocks, c.1930
Located in London, GB
A simply formed one piece enamel wall clock made by Synchronome. c.1930
Formerly slave clocks made from a single piece of enamelled steel featuring roman numerals. Glass and exter...
Category
1930s English Industrial Used Clocks
Materials
Steel, Enamel
Seiko Ship's Nautical Analog Clock, 1980s
Located in Nantucket, MA
From a decommissioned Japanese ship, black Seiko analog clocks with brushed nickel faces. Battery mechanism updated and an easy opening on the back side. Black metal surround and gla...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Industrial Used Clocks
Materials
Metal
American Modern Ceramic Wall Clock by Russel Wright for General Electric
By Steubenville, Russel Wright
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish and functional American modern ceramic electric wall clock by Russel Wright for General Electric, circa 1940s. The piece is in very good vintage with no chips or cracks and m...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Table Clock by Kienzle
By Kienzle Clocks
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass construction with a battery movement for one AAA-battery from the 1960s.
(pictures shows the original movement before changing to battery one).
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Brass
Bauhaus Table or Desk Clock by Marianne Brandt for Ruppelwerk Gotha Germany 1932
By Ruppelwerk, Marianne Brandt
Located in Munich, DE
A pure German Bauhaus Design object: table or desk clock by Marianne Brandt. Manufactured by Ruppelwerk, Gotha, Germany, ca. 1932. With original mechanical 8 days clock work. With ke...
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Used Clocks
Materials
Metal
H 5.52 in W 6.89 in D 2.76 in
Antique Thomas Farrer Mahogany Grandfather Clock With Brass Finials 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Thomas Farrer Mahogany Grandfather Clock with Brass Finials 19thC
Measures - 94"H x 19.75"W x 10.5"D
Category
19th Century Used Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
H 10.5 in W 19.75 in D 94 in
Vintage 1960s Hollywood Regency brass walnut Table Clock by Kienzle, Germany
By Kienzle Clocks
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Table clock
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Kienzle, Germany
Age:
1960s
This original vintage table clock was produced in the 1960s by the prem...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 6.54 in W 5.52 in D 2.76 in
Industrial Bakelite Factory Wall Clock from Pragotron, 1970s
By Pragotron
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This wall clock was produced by Pragotron in former Czechoslovakia during the 1970s. The piece features a dark brown (black) bakelite frame, a black bakelite dial, an aluminum hands ...
Category
1970s European Industrial Used Clocks
Materials
Glass, Bakelite
Dalla Bassa Maria Ceramiche Memphis Ceramic Table Clock, Italy 1980s
Located in Naples, IT
This ceramic table clock is a combination of black and white round and triangular geometric shapes in 1980s Memphis style. Working mechanism with metal pendulum.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Ceramic
Gilded Mid-Century Sunburst Starburst Wall Clock Vedette France
By Vedette
Located in Vienna, AT
Wood frame with brass clock face with a craquelure and black clock hands and index. Fitted with a battery movement. Made in France by Vedette in the 1950s.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate
Swedish Antique Mora Clock Black Folk Art Feathers 1800s 203cm AAS
Located in LONDON, GB
203cm rare early 1800s antique Swedish mora clock with carved detail in a black and gold finish with fine folk art feather motifs and detailed face with the makers name AAS Mora ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Used Clocks
Materials
Pine
Deep Blue Cartier Oval Alarm Clock Model 7511
By Cartier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage deep blue enamel alarm clock with gold details, model 7511. It stands on two Cartier "C" shaped bases. The back is etched "Cartier Paris 7511 08240 Swiss Made".
Made in Franc...
Category
1980s French Used Clocks
Materials
Brass, Enamel
French Empire Venus And Cupid Mantel Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This splendid French Empire gilt bronze mantel clock features an exquisitely detailed scene of Venus and Cupid sharing a tender moment. Depicting the story of the goddess consoling h...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Used Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Illuminating Gilt Brass and Agate Sculpture/Clock by Richard and Isabelle Faure
By Isabelle Masson-Faure, Richard Faure
Located in New York, NY
FAURE (Richard and Isabelle): Large illuminating clock\sculpture crafted from gilt brass and agate, adorned with a bird spreading its wings, highlighted with mica. Created by Richard...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Agate, Brass
H 24 in W 12 in D 25 in
Viennese Silver Historicism Splendour Clock With Musical Movement, Around 1880
By Viennese Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Artfully decorated silver gilded table clock by a Viennese master:
Flat, rectangular corpus containing the musical mechanism, standing on four elaborately decorated volute feet attac...
Category
1880s Austrian Other Used Clocks
Materials
Amethyst, Malachite, Gold Plate, Silver, Enamel
H 8.47 in W 6.11 in D 3.94 in
Atmos Perpetual clock by Jean Léon REUTTER 1899/1971
Located in NANTES, FR
Atmos art deco clock circa 1930 stamped JL Reutter N.
System invented by J.L. Reutter and produced by himself before reselling the patent to Jaeger le Coultre.
Pendulum in very go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Art Deco Used Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Egyptian influenced clock garniture, 19th Century.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very imposing 19th Century Egyptian influenced mantle clock garniture, the black and rouge marble having wonderful patinated bronze mounts depicting Egyptian sphinx like mounts to ...
Category
19th Century French Egyptian Revival Used Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Column clock Charles X. Duplan & Salles, Paris
Located in STRAČOV, CZ
A 19th century Charles X column clock. The Roman numeral dial is marked on the back Duplan & Salles, Paris with the number 833. The watch is functional - checked and oiled by a watch...
Category
19th Century French Used Clocks
Materials
Metal
Vintage American Nautical Clock
By Chelsea Clock
Located in New York, NY
Vintage American Nautical clock. Handsome black-faced circular Chelsea naval clock with white enumeration and water-tight glass cover retailed by M. Low of New York with key, United ...
Category
20th Century American Used Clocks
Materials
Metal
Antique French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Clock
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning original antique French gilt bronze clock in the classical style of Louis XVI. A beautifully restrained architectural case with a handled urn to the top, a bow above the d...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Used Clocks
Materials
Bronze
XXL Vintage Industrial 36" Gents of Leicester Factory Railway Wall Clock c1930
By Gents of Leicester
Located in London, GB
A huge and imposing 36" industrial wall clock by renowned electrical company Gents of Leicester. c.1930
Surviving in a beautiful and characterful original time-worn condition - a ve...
Category
1930s English Industrial Used Clocks
Materials
Steel
Limoges, France. Clock and decorative object in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France. Clock and decorative object in porcelain, decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and a beautiful royal blue glaze. Scène galante.
Approximately 1970.
Provenance: From a ...
Category
1970s French Used Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
'Solari brothers' double-dial flag clock, italy 1980s
By Solari Udine
Located in Genova, IT
Clock manufactured by 'Solari Udine' model timac 30 from 1986.
Flag-shaped with double dial and double movement.
The original movement was replaced with two battery-operated quart...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Metal
Ormolu Antique French Rococo Cartel Wall Clock
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A magnificent and very large original antique French Rococo cartel wall clock. Asymmetrically modelled in the Louis XV style, the dial bursting through the swirling clouds as the sun...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Used Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Bronze and Lapis Lazuli Figural Table Clock, E.F. Caldwell, Circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Seated angel/cupid seated and holding the clock on its back.
Category
Early 1900s American Used Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Sèvres Parian Attr, Louis XV, French Mantle Clock, Parian, Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Sèvres Parian Attr, Louis XV, French Porcelain, Bronze and Parian French Mantle or Desk Clock, Paris
Sevres attributed Parian full figured maidens flank this finely crafted mantle c...
Category
1890s European Louis XV Used Clocks
Materials
Bronze
H 19 in W 15 in D 5 in
Table clock, Aníbal Barca. Ormolu bronze, metal. France, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Table clock, Aníbal Barca. Ormolu bronze, metal. France, 19th century.
Table clock with Paris machinery and a case made of mercury-gilded bronze. in mercury-gilded bronze, with a rec...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Used Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Other
H 29.93 in W 21.07 in D 7.88 in
METROPOLE Clock by George Sowden for Memphis Milano
By George Sowden
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Clock made of lacquered wood and covered in decorative laminate.
By George J. Sowden for Memphis Milano.
Category
1980s Post-Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Enamel
Antique and Good Size Gothic Revival Oak & Bronze 1893 Table Clock by Lenzkirch
By Lenzkirch
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and stunning Gothic Revival table clock by Lenzkirch.
For the collectors of rare and truly stylish antiques we have recently been able to purchase this wonderful Gothic table o...
Category
19th Century German Gothic Revival Used Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Gold Leaf
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H 16.9 in W 11 in D 7.7 in
Art Deco Marble Mantel Clock with 2 Bronze Figures
Located in Houston, TX
This Art Deco marble mantel clock exudes timeless elegance. Featuring two bronze figures flanking its ovoid clock face, it stands atop bun feet, adding to its regal charm. Complete w...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Used Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Staffordshire mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Staffordshire mantle clock, having an antique Staffordshire mantle clock stamped to the base Strasberg ware, decorated in pretty green, pink and brown colours, with a shaped ...
Category
Early 20th Century Used Clocks
Materials
Ceramic
Fine quality antique Edwardian miniature carriage clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique Edwardian miniature carriage clock having a quality brass case with beautiful hand painted porcelain panels decorated with flowers in pink, green and yellow colo...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Used Clocks
Materials
Brass
Antique Edwardian quality mahogany inlaid chiming 8 day mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian quality mahogany inlaid chiming 8 day mantle clock having a quality mahogany inlaid case, a single glazed door to the front of the case with a working lock to the s...
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Early 20th Century Edwardian Used Clocks
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Stunning antique miniature quality brass carriage clock with hand painted porcel
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning antique miniature quality brass carriage clock with hand painted porcelain panels having a day and date dial, wonderful hand painted porcelain panels decorated with cherubs ...
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Early 19th Century Used Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 3.94 in W 1.97 in D 1.78 in
A Sèvres Biscuit and Gilded Bronze Set, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Sèvres biscuit and gilded bronze set, 19th century.
A Sèvres biscuit and bronze gilt trim, Napoleon III period, 19th century.
Clock: h: 30cm, w: 22cm, d: 12cm
Candelabra: h: 24cm,...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Used Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Alabaster, Ormolu and Silvered Bronze Clock Set in the Neo-Grec Style
Located in London, GB
Antique Alabaster, Ormolu and Silvered Bronze Clock Set in the Neo-Grec Style
French, Late 19th Century
Clock: Height 55cm, width 33cm, depth 16cm
Candelabra: Height 62.5cm, width 1...
Category
Late 19th Century French Used Clocks
Materials
Alabaster, Silver Plate, Bronze, Ormolu
H 21.66 in W 13 in D 6.3 in
Art Deco Longcase Clock, Denmark, 1950s
Located in Lejre, DK
Floor clock in elm wood, design and made in Denmark 1930s. Great original condition.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Used Clocks
Materials
Glass, Oak
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Used Clocks For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of used clocks for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique used clocks was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and bronze. Used clocks have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of used clocks to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and Louis XVI used clocks are of considerable interest. Many used clocks are appealing in their simplicity, but George Nelson, Howard Miller and Japy Frères produced popular used clocks that are worth a look.
How Much are Used Clocks?
Prices for used clocks can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, used clocks begin at $10 and can go as high as $745,000, while the average can fetch as much as $3,630.
Finding the Right Clocks for You
A sophisticated clock design, whether it’s a desk clock, mantel clock or large wall clock for your living room, is a decorative object to be admired in your home as much as it is a necessary functional element. This is part of the reason clocks make such superb collectibles. Given the versatility of these treasured fixtures — they’ve long been made in a range of shapes, sizes and styles — a clock can prove integral to your own particular interior decor.
Antique and vintage clocks can whisk us back to the 18th and 19th centuries. When most people think of antique clocks, they imagine an Art Deco Bakelite tabletop clock or wall clock, named for the revolutionary synthetic plastic, Bakelite, of which they’re made, or a stately antique grandfather clock. But the art of clock-making goes way back, transcending continents and encompassing an entire range of design styles and technologies. In short, there are many kinds of clocks depending on your needs.
A variety of wall clocks can be found on 1stDibs. A large antique hand-carved walnut wall clock is best suited to a big room and a flat background given what will likely be outwardly sculptural features, while Georgian grandfather clocks, or longcase clocks, will help welcome rainswept guests into your entryway or foyer. An interactive cuckoo clock, large or small, is guaranteed to bring outsize personality to your living room or dining room. For conversation pieces of a similar breed, mid-century modern enthusiasts go for the curious Ball clock, the first of more than 150 clock models conceived in the studio of legendary architect and designer George Nelson.
Minimalist contemporary clocks and books pair nicely on a shelf, but an eye-catching vintage mantel clock can add balance to your home library while drawing attention to your art and design books and other decorative objects. Ormolu clocks dating from the Louis XVI period, designed in the neoclassical style, are often profusely ornate, featuring architectural flourishes and rich naturalistic details. Rococo-style mantel clocks of Meissen porcelain or porcelain originating from manufacturers in cities such as Limoges, France, during the 18th and 19th centuries, exude an air of imperial elegance on your shelves or side tables and can help give your desk a 19th-century upgrade.
On 1stDibs, find a range of extraordinary antique and vintage clocks today.
Questions About Used Clocks
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mercury was used in antique clocks as a pendulum weight. Clockmakers used mercury for its tolerance to changes in heat and assistance in keeping time. Mercury can be found in older clocks, but is not widely used in newer styles. Find a range of vintage timepieces on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Carriage clocks were used to tell time while traveling during the 19th-century. The clocks were lighter and smaller than timepieces used in homes, making them more portable. After the invention of wristwatches in 1868, carriage clocks became less necessary and gradually faded in popularity. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique carriage clocks.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Banjo clocks operate like other clocks but with a unique design. First designed to be a traditional wall clock, due to the elaborate design they evolved to be mantel pieces proudly displayed in the home. In the 1940s, large-scale banjo clocks were made for railroad stations. Shop a collection of banjo clocks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The infamous elephant clock was primarily used to tell time but was also a status symbol and representation of wealth. Its unique movement received power from running water. You can find a range of antique and vintage clocks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The painting commonly referred to as “Melting Clocks” is oil on canvas. Salvador Dalí painted it in 1931. Its name is actually The Persistence of Memory, and it is one of the Spanish Surrealist artist's most well-known works. Find a collection of Salvador Dalí art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mechanical clocks were used for a variety of reasons in the Middle Ages. The clocks were used to keep track of hours for daily prayers. They also helped monks to calculate solar and lunar eclipses, and also determined feast days with accuracy. On 1stDibs, find a collection of mechanical clocks from some of the world’s top sellers.
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English Longcase 19th Century Grandfather Clock
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Georgian Bracket Clock Antique Clocks
Round Large Wall Clock
Seiko Vintage Dial
Tower Clock Face
Vintage Seiko Clock
Antique Mantel Clocks 1900S
Antique Musical Clocks
Antique Vintage Mantel Clocks
Art Deco Standing Clock
Art Deco Table And Mantel Clock
Brass Carriage Clock With Alarm
Corniche Antique
Dior Trunk
English Mahogany Grandfather Clock
French Door Shutters