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One of the most common and valued types of mantel clocks are the French Empire-style timepieces. Simon Willard's shelf clock (half clock, Massachusetts shelf clock) was a relatively economical clock which was produced by the celebrated Simon Willard's Roxbury Street workshop, in Boston, Massachusetts, around the first decades of the 19th century.
A rare Austrian chariot clock whose case is carved in wood, c. 1810. National Watch and Clock Museum.. In the 18th century France, during the Louis XV and Louis XVI reigns, a few models in the Louis XV and Louis XVI styles respectively, [3] were made, but it was not until the period between the late 1790s and the mid-1820s that this type of mantel clock found true popularity. [3]
A c. 1825–30 lighthouse timepiece by Simon Willard. A lighthouse clock is a type of mantel clock manufactured in the U.S. from 1818 through 1830s by the American clockmaker Simon Willard, having the dial and works exposed beneath a glass dome on a tapered, cylindrical body.
According to the Canadian Clock Museum, "approximately sixty-five catalogued models of mantel clock are known, as well as sixteen models of wall clock (with variations) and seven models of grandfather (hall) clock." [8] Rare samples exist of Pequegnat clocks built into a sideboard, or a grandfather clock/gramophone combination. Pequegnat was ...
In 2021, a rare Meissen mantel clock case from the 18th century fetched over $1.5 million at a Sotheby’s auction, reflecting the insane demand for these historical pieces. 12. Vintage Cameras
A unique Empire lighthouse clock in mahogany case, at the White House library. In 1818 he invented and patented a type of mantel clock , known as the lighthouse clock and regarded as the first alarm clock produced in America. [ 6 ]