Musical Clocks Archives - Antique Vintage Clocks Information and Price Guide to Antique and Vintage Clocks Sun, 26 Jul 2020 16:59:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 Longcase Clocks https://antiquevintageclocks.com/longcase-clocks/ Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:11:48 +0000 https://antiquevintageclocks.com/?p=257 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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]]> 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 the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8–2.4 meters (6–8 feet) tall. The case often features elaborately carved ornamentation on the hood, or bonnet, which surrounds and frames the dial, or clock face. The English clockmaker William Clement is credited with the development of this form in 1670. Most longcase clocks are striking clocks, which means they sound the time on each hour or fraction of an hour.

The terms “grandfather”, “grandmother”, and “granddaughter” have all been applied to longcase clocks. Although there is no specifically defined difference among these terms, the general perception seems to be that a clock smaller than 1.5 m (5 ft) is a granddaughter; over 1.5 m (5 ft) is a grandmother; and over 1.8 m (6 ft) is a grandfather. Reference: The Full Wiki

Longcase Clock ca. 1660 (made) A George II/III thirty-hour oak longcase clock, circa 1760 WEIGHT-DRIVEN EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE NIGHT CLOCK IN A WALNUT AND FLORAL MARQUETRY CASE A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK BY MAISON MILLET, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY Dutch Rococo Style Fruitwood and Walnut Marquetry Longcase Clock Wilkes & Sons Irish oak tall case clock

 

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]]> 257 18th Century Bracket Clocks https://antiquevintageclocks.com/18th-century-bracket-clocks/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 09:09:25 +0000 https://antiquevintageclocks.com/?p=154 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.  

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18th c. George III mahogany and brass bracket clock Musical bracket clock with calendar ca. 1770 or later Clockmaker: Thomas Lozano Bracket Clock Edward Wicksteed (English, born 1732, working in London 1763–1811) A LOUIS XV GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED BLUE-STAINED HORN BRACKET CLOCK, CIRCA 1730 Bracket Clock - Paulet A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND GILT METAL MOUNTED QUARTER STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

 

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]]> 154 Musical Bracket Clocks https://antiquevintageclocks.com/musical-bracket-clocks/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:31:31 +0000 https://antiquevintageclocks.com/?p=144 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…

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]]> 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 Lozano.

Musical bracket clock with calendar ca. 1770 or later Clockmaker: Thomas Lozano Musical Bracket clock by Thos Uddal Made in England, c 1805. A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted turtleshell quarter striking musical bracket clock, retailed in Paris, Swiss, circa 1765 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS MOUNTED MUSICAL BRACKET CLOCK WITH SELECTION FOR EITHER 'FORTE' OR 'PIANO' SOUND TO THE 14 HAMMERS AND BELLS ALSO 'TING TANG' CHIMING THE QUARTERS ON A FURTHER TWO BELLS Gravell & Tolkein No.3266 A SWISS ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL QUARTER-STRIKING MUSICAL BRACKET CLOCK ON WALL BRACKET Charles II Style Gilt-Metal Mounted Walnut Musical Bracket Clock

 

 

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]]> 144 Musical Mantel Clocks https://antiquevintageclocks.com/musical-mantel-clocks/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:31:15 +0000 https://antiquevintageclocks.com/?p=136 Musical Mantel Clocks. Mantel clocks are ideal for musical movements and have graced stately homes for centuries. Below are some examples of musical mantel clocks including an African Princess clock…

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]]> Musical Mantel Clocks. Mantel clocks are ideal for musical movements and have graced stately homes for centuries. Below are some examples of musical mantel clocks including an African Princess clock by Jean-Baptiste-Andre Furet and a Louix XV bronze and ormolu clock.

Mantel clock with musical movement ca. 1784 Clockmaker: Jean-Baptiste-André Furet An ormolu and patinated-bronze mounted, white and black marble musical and automaton mantel clock, Louis XVI, Paris, circa 1784, the mechanism by Jean-Baptiste-André Furet and François-Louis Godon, the gilt-bronze base attributed to Etienne Martincourt Henry Borrell, London, A Magnificent and Large Chased and Engraved Ormolu Quarter Striking Musical Clock with Automata 'Sailing Ships', Made for the Chinese Market, Circa 1795 Small mantel clock; brass movement; pendulum; strike; revolving dial; double calendar; front-plate with geometric designs in colours; engraved front and back plates; turned baluster columns; rectangular base with musical box action; ebonised case with glazed sliding panel. A LOUIS XV PATINATED BRONZE, ORMOLU AND RED HORN STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK ON MUSICAL PLINTH: 'PENDULE AU SANGLIER' A FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT MANTEL MUSIC CLOCK

 

 

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]]> 136 Musical Clocks https://antiquevintageclocks.com/musical-clocks/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 14:17:46 +0000 https://antiquevintageclocks.com/?p=86 Musical Clocks. A musical clock is a clock that marks the hours of the day with a musical tune played from a spiked cylinder either on bells, organ pipes, bellows,…

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]]> Musical Clocks. A musical clock is a clock that marks the hours of the day with a musical tune played from a spiked cylinder either on bells, organ pipes, bellows, and for quartz clocks, using an electronic sound module.

One of the earliest known domestic musical clocks was constructed by Nicholas Vallin in 1598, and it currently resides in the British Museum in London. Reference: Wikipedia

Musical Clock with Spinet and Organ,ca. 1625 Veit Langenbucher German French musical automaton fitted with clock, 1870-1900 Made c 1890 Exceptional Federal Cherrywood Tall Case Seven-Tune Musical Clock, Martin Cheney, Windsor, Vermont, Circa 1809 A large table clock with a cream and floral painted case, cut-glass columns, glass dome and spheres, with gilt-brass fittings including crescent moon finials Cabinet Clock with Musical Movement A rare mid 18th century double automata twelve-tune musical table clock on 24 hammers and 12 bells Thomas Monkhouse, London

 

 

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