Few clocks are in mint condition. There is really no reason why the antique american alarm clock y should be. A prosperous family-man of George IIFs day might be content to use a 1690 clock which had been bequeathed him; but by the wood clock finials n the french japy freres joan of arc clock [...]

CHARLES X MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, GILT BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK, GILT BRASS CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE, QUARTER REPEATING ALARUM CARRIAGE CLOCK
A CHARLES X MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK,
the gilt dial signed Desckenes А Orleans, enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals, the movement with half-hour striking on a bell contained in an architectural case surmounted
by an urn and carved with swags [...]

BRASS AND CHAMPLEVE CLOCK GARNITURE, AESTHETIC MOVEMENT EBONIZED MAHOGANY AND PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK, GILT SPELTER AND PORCELAIN CLOCK GARNITURE
A BRASS AND CHAMPLEVE CLOCK GARNITURE, the gilt chapter ring with Arabic numerals, the movement with half-hour striking on а gong, contained in an architectural case with
segmental pediment surmounted by an urn, bearing а presentation plaque dated [...]

MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, VIENNESE REGULATOR WALL CLOCK, LARGE EBONISED QUARTER BRACKET CLOCK, BRASS LANTERN TIMEPIECE
A MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the 14in enamel dial signed Frans. Atkin Liverpool and with second’s and calendar subsidiary dials, lunar dial in the arch; the movement with anchor
escapement and rack striking on a bell; the case with a swan neck pediment [...]

MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, ОAK LONGCASE CLOCK, GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY QUARTER CHIMING AND REPEATING LONGCASE CLOCK, BLACK LACQUER LONGCASE CLOCK
A MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, with a  silvered register, the trunk applied with a hygrometer, a thermometer, a mirror and а Level, engraved Warranted Correct, (95cm), early 19th
century.
A MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, the 8in silvered register hygrometer, thermometer, [...]

GERMAN LATE GOTHIC IRON CHAMBER CLOCK, SPRING DRIVEN AUGSBURG TABLE CLOCK, EBONY VENEER SILVER MOUNTED TABLE CLOCK, GILT METAL HEXAGONAL STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
AN UNUSUAL WALL CLOCK with a pewter dial and single hand,
the movement with brass wheels, verge escapement and vis-
ible pendulum, the bell above, steel posted frame and brass
case,8Un. high(21.5cm.), 18th Century,probably Swiss, and [...]

FRENCH ALARUM CARRIAGE CLOCK, SILVER MANTEL CLOCK, GERMAN BRASS ALARUM TRAVELLING CLOCK, RUSSIAN EBONISED MUSICAL BRACKET CLOCK, WALL TIMEPIECE
A SILVER MANTEL CLOCK with a chipped enamel dial with arabic chapters, the French lever movement with gong strik-ing, in a moulded arched case with bun feet, London hall-marks
for 1911, 9in. high (23cm.).
A FRENCH ALARUM CARRIAGE CLOCK [...]

A LATE VICTORIAN BLACK SLATE AND BRASS-MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK - A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD AND BRASS-BOUND PORTABLE WRITING BOX - A PEWTER CHAMBER-POT 18TH CENTURY
AN ITALIAN WALNUT CHANDELIER
The spreading acanthus-carved column supporting six acanthus-carved scrolled branches, fitted for electricity.
A SET OF FOUR ITALIAN WALNUT TWO-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES
A GILTWOOD AND GESSO GIRANDOLE OF REGENCY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
The [...]

A BRASS MANTEL CLOCK - A LATE VICTORIAN OAK AND INLAID MANTEL CLOCK - STAINED BEECH VIENNA STYLE WALL CLOCK - VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOX
A WALNUT AND STAINED BEECH VIENNA STYLE WALL CLOCK LATE 19TH CENTURY
The arched shaped pediment surmounted by a displayed eagle, flanked by turned finials above an arched glazed door flanked by turned [...]

19th Century Clocks
The 19th century saw many changes in the craft of clockmaking. The demand was growing for a cheaper priced clock for the masses instead of costly possessions for the &lite. The French in the preceeding century had realized that sub-division of labour and specialization could achieve a greater output without necessarily destroying the [...]