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An Exceptional Signed French Lantern Clock

Lantern Clocks

Lantern Clocks. A lantern clock is a type of antique weight-driven wall clock, shaped like a lantern. They were the first type of clock widely used in private homes. They…

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Table Clocks

Table Clocks. A table clock is a special watch type. Many of the early mechanical clocks hung on walls or were standing on wooden boxes in which the weights wound…

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK BY MAISON MILLET, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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Longcase Clocks

Longcase Clocks. A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, floor clock, or grandfather clock, is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower, or waist of…

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Chippendale Tall Case Cherry Clock, John Wood

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Cherry Wood Clocks

Cherry Wood Clocks. Cherry wood has a warm rich appearance although there are differences in the color and characteristics of the heartwood and the sapwood. The heartwood of Cherry is…

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A SUPERB BRACKET CLOCK by SIMON DE CHARMERS, LONDON

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Ebony Clocks

Ebony Clocks. Ebony is a dense black/brown hardwood, most commonly yielded by several different species in the genus Diospyros, which also contains the persimmons. Ebony is dense enough to sink…

Clock Types, Glossary

Clock Types Glossary

Electric Clocks

Electric Clocks. An electric clock is a clock that is powered by electricity, as opposed to a mechanical clock which is powered by a hanging weight or a mainspring. The…

Clock Types, Glossary

Clock Types Glossary

Quartz Clocks

Quartz Clocks. A quartz clock is a clock that uses an electronic oscillator that is regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. This crystal oscillator creates a signal with…

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Bracket Clocks Clock Types

Chinese Bracket Clocks

Below are some examples, information and price guides to Chinese bracket clocks including a Chinese export mother of pearl clock from the 19th century.

Bracket Clocks, Clock Types

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND GILT METAL MOUNTED QUARTER STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

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18th Century Bracket Clocks

Below are some examples, information, history and price guides to 18th century bracket clocks including a musical bracket clock with calendar and a George III bracket clock by Norton.

Bracket Clocks, Clock Types, Musical Clocks

A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted turtleshell quarter striking musical bracket clock, retailed in Paris, Swiss, circa 1765

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Musical Bracket Clocks

Below are some examples, information, history and price guides to antique and vintage musical bracket clocks including a Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted turtleshell clock and a musical clock by Thomas…

Bracket Clocks, Clock Types, Musical Clocks