Antique Clocks and Timepieces

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Antique Carriage Clocks

Mappin And Webb 8-day Carriage Clock

These small clocks were developed in the early 19th century and originally made for travelling. Their cases are often rectangular, usually guilt brass, with a carrying handle and glass panels.

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Antique Bracket Clocks

Walnut Bracket Clock - Connell Of London

The name comes from weight driven clocks made in the 17th & 18th centuries ('true bracket clocks') that were mounted on a wall bracket to allow room for their hanging weights. Later, spring driven clocks continued to be made in the bracket style.

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Antique Mantel Clocks

A Four Glass Mantel Clock With Enamel

Mantel clocks, often very decorative pieces, are small form clocks originally intended to be placed on a shelf or mantel above a fireplace. In contrast to wall clocks, whose movements were attached to the back board, the shelf clock had its movement supported by a seat board.

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Antique Wall Clocks

Thomas Berry, Stowmarket Fusee Dial Wall Clock

A category of clocks that are mounted on walls. These can range from small pendulum based clocks, spring, electric right up to more modern day clocks.

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Longcase Clocks

8 Day Long Case Clock By Watkin Owen

The term Longcase clock encompasses Grandfather, Grandmother and Granddaughter clocks. The difference being the size of the clock, with Grandfather being the biggest and Granddaughter the smallest. All are considered Longcase clocks. These clocks are tall, usually around 5 to 8 feet, freestanding pendulum driven clocks with the pendulum housed inside the main case.

Longcase clocks usually feature decorated or carved towers (or waists of the case) and hoods or bonnets that surround the clock's face. Most longcase clocks chime on each hour or fraction of an hour.

The clockmaker William Clement is credited with design of the longcase clock in the late 17th century.

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Granddaughter Clocks

Grand daughter clocks are the smallest of the longcase clocks, usually up to 1.5 m or 5 ft.

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Grandmother Clocks

Anything over 1.5 m (5 ft) but less than the Grandfather sized 6ft are known as Grandmother clocks.

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Antique French Clocks