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Antique mantel clocks can be ornate, gilt edged beauties or simple, wooden devices that are classic in every way. You may also be interested in : Antique Bracket Clocks. It’s also a good choice for people who don’t want a single dominating element of design in a room. Mantel (or Mantle) clocks are small, often very decorative, clocks intended for a shelf or mantle. While clocks come in tons of designs and sizes (check out Grandfather Clocks), mantel clocks are for those who don’t have a lot of space. Prices for an antique clocks mantel can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes at 1stDibs, they begin at 75 and can go as high as 275,000, while the average can fetch as much as 5,208. This is why your antique mantel clock will be a vintage throwback, to a time when people didn’t carry devices on them all the time. There used to be a time, not so long ago, where also every room of the home had a clock. If you are tired of searching around for your phone to look at the time or are just old fashioned like that, a mantel clock is what your house needs. It’s an easy and classic design element that has a lot of practical use too. Paris was one of the most important centers of horological creation, and the city’s most renowned clockmakers always called on the finest sculptors, chasers, gilders, bronze casters, cabinetmakers, and enamellers for the cases, ornaments, dials, and cartouches that adorned their clocks, indicating the wealth of additional information that they offered, and enhancing their esthetic and decorative appeal.What goes over the fireplace? A mantel clock. Their appeal is due to many factors: their incomparable esthetic quality – sculpting, chasing, gilding, patina, and burnished and matte finishes – to their complex and ingenious high-precision movements, or to the quintessential manner in which they embody the decorative trends of their respective periods.

The collection of rare and high quality antique clocks offered for sale by La Pendulerie – whether they are skeleton clocks, mantel clocks, wall clocks or antique cartel clocks, longcase clocks, or pendulum clocks – will delight collectors, connoisseurs, and professionals alike. Historians trace the origin of the antique mantel clock to 18th century France during the Napoleon Era.

Antique mantel clocks are generally popular furniture pieces, but Louis XVI, Empire and Victorian styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Others call it a Mantle Clock or Mantelpiece. Antique mantel clocks have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Some people call it a Cherub Clock because its French casing typically had bronzed celestial figures. They bear intimate witness to the ways of life and fashions of former times. The antique mantel clock is so-called because it sits on the fireplace mantel. The antique clocks that were used to decorate homes and other interiors offer a fascinating glimpse into the way people lived.

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