Clocks

As well as the sculptors, ceramicists, glassmakers and myriad of other artists and designers that emerged during the Nouveau and Deco eras, the clockmakers were not slow to come up with new and exciting styles. For many of the earlier years the better quality figural clocks were often heavy looking and rather sombre objects that were embellished in a rather serious, classic style. With the emergence of Art Nouveau out went the gods, angels and cherubs, to be replaced by languid maidens, fairies and designs of sinuous tendrils and leaves. After the First World War ended, the emergence of the Art Deco period, with its faster pace, jazz music, talking pictures and new-found “edge” of excitement, brought about a further change of design style that reflected the new mood of the times. We hope you like our selection of clocks from both periods, and those from the Arts and Crafts movement when we can find them. Our preference is to offer clocks that are in working order and most have been checked or serviced by a qualified specialist. Where this isn’t the case, we make it clear or state that the item is being sold purely as a decorative piece. The purchaser then has the option of checking or replacing the movement as may be appropriate.