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Simon Willard, who created the banjo clock, made mantel clocks popular in Massachusetts. His design for a weight-driven timepiece, known as the Simon Willard Shelf Clock, is highly collectible today.
Ornately decorated and usually made of wood, porcelain, or ormolu, mantel clocks were mostly key-wound with a swinging pendulum. American mantel clocks were typically made of cherry or oak and sometimes incorporated iron or brass.
The bases of mantel clocks were decorated in a variety of ways. Some were made of solid wood or wooden panel, others were engraved, and some mantel clocks featured intricately detailed painted scenes. There were even mantel clocks with calendars built into their faces.
The Ansonia Clock Company made some gorgeous porcelain mantel clocks, whose front surface was painted with images of flowers. Ansonia also produced carved clocks with beautiful sculptures and figurines sharing their base.
Unlike Ansonia’s elaborate carvings, Seth Thomas clocks were all about smooth, sleek lines. His slick, 19th-century mantel clocks, usually made of richly colored wood, look more modern in appearance than their age would suggest.
The ogee clock was introduced in the 1840s. Featuring an "S"-like curve in its molding, ogee clocks were very popular, and most clock companies of the era produced variations on the ogee theme.
In the mid-19th century, Elias Ingraham created what is known as the steeple clock, whose triangle front and column-like sides resemble a church steeple. This design sparked numerous spin-offs, such as the double steeple and the beehive.
Whatever you call them, mantel clocks have maintained their popularity for more than two centuries because they are dependable and work so well in so many different domestic situations. Today, they continue to be sought after by collectors and non-collectors alike for pretty much the same reasons.
Antique Mantle Clock
Older "cast" clock
Xxxl Unique Antique Red Boulle Mantel Clock W. Console C.1870
Xl Unique Antique Red Boulle Mantel Clock Martinot C.1860
Fine & Rare 1960's Jaeger-lecoultre Atmos Chinoserie Gilt Brass Mantle Clock A+
Antique Black Forest Walnut Ghs 8 Day Squirrel Cuckoo Bracket Mantle Clock 1527
Jaeger Le Coultre Atmos Lapiz Lazuli Brass Perpetual Motion Shelf Mantle Clock
Jaeger Lecoultre Baguette Golden Bridge Inline Skeleton Mantle Carriage Clock 
Unique 1920s French Art Deco Japy Freres Mantel Clock Set Marble & Green Onyx
Xxl Unique Antique Black Boulle Mantel Clock F.lesage C.1870
Unique Antique French Bronze Boudoir Mantel Clock C1880
Antique Organic 19thc French Green Marble & Metal Figural Mantle Clock Set 1443
100th Anniversary Harley Davidson Mantle Clock
Golden Oak English Twin Chain Fusee Victorian Bracket Or Mantel Clock
Old 1800s Antique Ansonia Pompeii Metal Mantle Shelf Clock With Porcelain Dial 
Breathtaking Monumental 19th C French Figural Polished Slate & Gilt Mantle Clock
Howard Miller 612-436 Mantle Clock
Antique Seth Thomas Crystal Regulator Shelf Clock 
19th C French Japy Freres Gilt & Sevres Porcelain 8 Day Bell Strike Mantle Clock
1830's French Gilt Ormolu Bronze Figural Mantle Clock With Silk Suspension
19th C French Gilt & Rare Porcelain 8 Day Bell Striking Cherub Mantle Clock
Atmos Jaeger Lecoultre Mantle Clock Swiss Made 519
Ferris Wheel Falling Ball Bearing Gravity Driven Mantle Clock - No Winding !!
Antique Chauncey Jerome Fusee Mantle Or Shelf Clock
Antique-french C1840 Empire Portico Mantel Clock J.n.
Seth Thomas Sonora Chime Mantle Clock Shelf Clock Key Wind
Very Impressive Vintage Xxl Gilt Bronze Palace Mantle Clock Garniture Set
Rare 19th C French Jules Rolez Majolica Mantle Clock In The Form Of A Flagon
Antique Ansonia Royal Bonn Porcelain China Mantle Open Escapement Clock
Antique French Gilt Ormolu Bronze Classical Bell Strike 8 Day Mantle Clock 1286
Lecoultre Atmos Mantle Clock
Antique Ansonia Mantle Iron Shelf Clock 
Seth Thomas Antique Large Dark Red Mahogany Adamantine Mantle Clock - Restored
Vintage Imperial Ornate Brass/bronze Mantle Clock With Two Candelabra
19th C French Japy Freres Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock Garniture Set
Antique C1880 French White Marble & Gilt Soldier Figural 8 Day Mantle Clock 1294
Antique French Figural Marble Strike Mantel Clock 
Antique Porcelain/ Bronze French Old Mantle Mantel Clock Case Parts Repair Nr
Ansonia Black Iron 6-pillar 8-day Mantle Clock - C. 1880
Ansonia Alhambra Iron Case Mantel Clock #1043
Atmos Jaeger-le Coulter Mantle Clock
Outstanding Antique Ormolu Bronze 8 Day Diminutive Mantle Clock.
Antique Seth Thomas Mantle Clock 124 Key Pendulum Westminster Chimes Runs Some
19th Century Hand Carved Wooden Eagle Figure-impressive Antique Clock Mantel!
Antique French Empire Vincenti Gold Gilt Mantel Clock 1840's No Reserve
Ansonia "bamboo" Mantle Clock 16" Tall X 9" Wide Late 1800's-- Early 1900's
Antique Seth Thomas Gothic 5 Bell Sonora Chime Inlaid Mantel Clock 
Vintage Clock Mantel Shelf Cherubs Angels French Baroque Bisque Porcelain
Seth Thomas Antique Adamantine 4 Column Mantle Clock
Seth Thomas Amherst~1913 Antique Time&strike Mantel Clock ~classic City Series ~
Louis Xvi Style Mantle Clock Reproduction Wood Inlay Boulle Style
Antique Ansonia Mantel Clock Dated 1886 
19thc Large Carved Burr Walnut Bell Striking Mantle Bracket Wall Clock 1532
Schatz Mantel Clock W3 Westminster Chime Skeleton 7 Jewels Germany 
Antique Seth Thomas 'shasta' Mantel Clock Circa 1910
Beautiful 19th C French Vincenti Marble & Gilt Mantle Clock Garniture Set
Impressive 19th C French Figural Gilt & Lovely Marble Mantle Clock Garniture Set
Howard Miller Westminster Chime Wind Up Key Mantel Clock Germany
No Reserve Hand Painted Ansonia Porcelain Estate Mantel Clock No Reserve
Unique French Bronze Boudoir Mantel Clock Louis-xvi C.1880
All Original Antique Seth Thomas Sentinel 10 Mantle Clock 
Antique Circa 1890 Victorian Hac German Mantle Clock Faux Slate And Marble
