table clocks
Pier cabinets. A small elegant cabinet, sometimes half round in shape, often with a marble top, intended for use in entrance halls and more particularly drawing rooms, where they stood in the masonry piers between the windows. Similar to a console table and usually surmounted by a pier glass.
Games table. A small table equipped with an inlaid chess board and sometimes a backgammon board. They are often fitted with drawers to hold games pieces, pencils, score sheets and so on. The tops of these tables are sometimes reversible, sometimes opening to reveal the chess board beneath. Examples dating from the 18th century are known, but most still available are of Victorian origin. Many Australian games tables have survived, with the chess board made of stained woods or sometimes consisting of many different inlaid native timbers. Card tables are a variant of the games table.
6 item(s) found:
A high quality black marble and bronze fitted French table clock, the case surmounted by a cold painted metal figure, the movement restored and with eight day time and strike on a bell. Key and pendulum. Running. 90 x 25 x 54 cm
An American eight day striking Sessions clock, in an elaborate case with three green pillars to the side of the dial with decoration on dial and above and on bezel, a traditional above average attractive Sessions table clock on four decorated feet,…
A Swiss rococo style miniature enamel table clock, the cylinder movement and enamel dial within a delicate finely painted, gilt mounted case with scroll feet, 7.5 cm high.
A fine silver and nephrite table clock, St Petersberg, 1888, maker's mark of AR, one of the unidentified Faberge workmasters, with circular enamel dial, with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial,…
A 19th century Continental ivory table clock, the time piece with a Roman numeral dial mounted in an ivory case delicately carved in high relief with scrolling acanthus floral swags and putti surmounted by a further two putti and a fruit filled urn.…
A 19th century Meissen porcelain framed table clock the oval 'silver' (not tested) clock face extensively scrolling foliate engraved surrounding the circular dial with black Roman numerals, the cartouche named J. W.…