Clocks Photos

Index of clocks mostly found in museum setting around the world.

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Antique Clocks in American Style Collection of antique clocks at Mystic Seaport. Mystic, CT Herman Miller Clock Co. model 4082 by Gilbert Rohde exhibited for 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Apostolic clock by Myles Hughes at Buffalo History Museum. Buffalo, NY
Ogee Clocks Shelf clocks from CT by Eli Terry & William L. Gilbert at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT Mantle clock with painted scenes at Lewis-Bingham-Waggoner House. Independence, MO
Gingerbread Mantel Clocks Kitchen clock at Capt. Charles Schreiner Mansion. Kerrville, TX Shelf clock with carved owls by Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co., Winsted, Conn. at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE Mantle clock on kitchen shelf at McAllister House Museum. Colorado Springs, CO
Antique French Mantle Clocks Lyre shaped clock with gilded bronze, white marble, enamel & glass by Charles Bertrand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Table clock decorated with inlaid tortoise shell and metal from France at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Face detail of mantle clock by Causard Horloger Du Roy at Chambord Chateau. Chambord, France
Antique French Figure (figural) Clocks French mantel clock modeled after David's Oath of the Horatii painting at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France Bacchanal clock by Joseph Hilger of Paris at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France Mantel clock with figure of Perseus by Pierre-Victor Ledure, Paris, France at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX
Antique American Style Wall Clocks Early clock at Buttolph-Williams House. Wethersfield, CT Carved eagle holding drapery framing clock at Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture. New Braunfels, TX Wall clock attrib to Louis Comfort Tiffany with works by E. Howard & Co. of New York City at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI
Banjo & Girandole Clocks Banjo clock scene of Mount Vernon in Rhode Island Period Room at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC Exploded components display of patent timepiece by Samuel Whiting et al of Concord since each part made by specialist shops of Concord at Concord Museum. Concord, MA Girandole Clock with marriage decoration by Lemuel Curtis of Concord, MA at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Antique French Wall Clocks Hunting scene bracket clock by Jacques Panier of Paris at Museum of Hunting & Nature. Paris, France Wall clock by Stollewerca of Paris at Brodie Castle. Brodie, Scotland Modern wall clock atop oak column with luminous face by Pierre Legrain of Paris at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France
Tallcase or Grandfather Clocks Tall clock by Daniel Burnap, chair , & Portrait of Mrs. Eldredge by John Brewster, Jr. at Connecticut Historical Society. Hartford, CT Clock in Supreme court in Old State Capitol. Springfield, IL English Gothic tall case clock at Chepstow. Newport, RI
Antique French Tall Clocks Collection of tall clocks at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France Baroque tall clock at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France Long case clock by Joseph de Saint-Germain of Paris at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA
Antique Clocks of England English table clock which only needed winding once per year topped by statue of Britannia by Thomas Tompion at British Museum. London, United Kingdom George II ormolu musical clock by Charles Clay of London in Green Drawing Room at Castletown House. Ireland British clock with African themes of Primitivism movement at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland
Arts & Crafts Clock Hall clock by Gustav Stickley with works by Seth Thomas Clock Co. at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Arts & crafts tall clock at Marston House Museum. San Diego, CA Glasgow-style Art Nouveau tall clock with brass face by Margaret Thomson Wilson at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland
Art Nouveau & Modern Clocks Detail of face of Art Nouveau tall clock at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France French glass Day & Night clock by René Lalique at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Oriental-style jade table clock with precious stones by jeweller Louis Cartier & mechanism by Maurice Couët from Paris at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France
Special Multipurpose Clocks Clockwork planetary model by Zacharie Raingoat Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France Marine clock no.11 with motor weight for navigation at sea at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France Secondary clock with day of month & time in 4 cities by Stanislas Fournier at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France
Timeclocks for Labor Tracking Boott Cotton Mills time clock. Lowell, MA Mill time clock by National at Verdant Works Museum. Dundee, Scotland The 'Dey' time register for workers to clock in & out at Ulster Museum. Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sundials Sundial atop Casa Terrades. Barcelona, Spain Octagonal facet head sundial of typical Scottish design at Pitmedden Garden. Pitmedden, Scotland Lectern sundial which told time in several world cities were popular in Scotland as sculptures for mansion gardens at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland
Hourglasss Hourglass by Furniture Shop at Oakland Museum of California. Oakland, CA Ivory sleeping infant crowned with laurel wreath leaning on skull & hourglass symbolic of Vanity from Germany at Louvre Museum. Paris, France
Watches, Fobs Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch purchased by Lincoln from Geo. W Chatterton in Springfield, Ill. at National Museum of American History. Washington, DC Gold repeater watch engraved with Cody hunting Buffalo by Leopold Haguenin given to Cody possibly by Prince of Wales at Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Cody, WY Jamestown Exposition souvenir watch fobs at Hampton Roads Naval Museum. Norfolk, VA
French Public Clocks Detail of face of first public clock in Paris carved by Germain Pilon at Conciergerie. Paris, France Central dial on Astronomical Clock with image of Jesus Christ at Cathédrale St-Pierre. Beauvais, France Great Clock archway & clock face beside belfry tower. Rouen, France
Clocks of Germany Frauen Kirche performing clock. Nuremberg, Germany Tower-shaped clocks from southern Germany at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany Automated clock with figure of Turk from southern Germany at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany
Clocks in Scotland Glass horizontal clock at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland Musical automaton clock by Jan Henkels of Amsterdam at Hopetoun House. Queensferry, Scotland Domino clock by Charles Rennie Mackintosh at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland
Clocks on Scottish Buildings Cantilevered clock on tower of Canongate Tollbooth. Edinburgh, Scotland Clocktower of Aberdeen Town House tops court house & Tolbooth jail. Aberdeen, Scotland Holyrood Palace wing built under Charles II with crowned clock tower over doorway. Edinburgh, Scotland
Clocks in Ireland Clock atop Albert Clock in Queen's Square. Belfast, Northern Ireland M.J. O'Neill pub street clock. Dublin, Ireland Detail of octagonal cupola & clock of the Main Guard. Clonmel, Ireland
American Clock Towers Clock tower at Mission Inn. Riverside, CA Clock tower Museum opened by the Boothe Brothers opened in c1913 when the spire was added to an 1880s barn in Boothe Memorial Park. Stratford, CT Clock tower of Landmark Center. St. Paul, MN
American Street Clocks Ripley's Believe It Or Not T-Rex biting clock on former C.E. Toberman Co. Building. Hollywood, CA Clock on corner of Marshall Field & Co. Chicago, IL Gastown Steam Clock. Vancouver, BC
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