Types of Antique Collectible Clocks

Series Summary

When talking about collecting and collectibles, grandfather clocks are inevitably mentioned or at least some type of antique collectible mantle clock. There are a great many antique clocks out there for any clock collecting enthusiast to buy. You may be saying, "Yes of course there are, but what do I look for when buying an antique clock? What exactly is a gingerbread clock? And what is an Ithaca clock? Great questions! If you would like to learn how to collect antique clocks and what to look for, you can learn for free, online from an antique clock expert.

In this free antique clock collector's guide, learn how to collect antique clocks from antique expert Sue Shea. Sue will teach you what to look for when choosing various types of antique clocks such antique American grandfather clocks, gingerbread clocks, French antique wall clocks, Ithaca clocks, and bee hive clocks. She will teach you about reverse painting, and gold relief detail, as well as chimes and alarms that are found in certain antique clocks. Learn about the various types of wood working and painting on clocks in the 19th century and how to find the value of antique clocks.

Video Transcript

"Today we're going to talk about 19th century clocks and there's a wide range and I have some examples that I'm going to show you some of them are going to be this great American 19th century grandfather's clock, this is one example I'll show you an English on 19th century grandfather's clock also in oak. This one is in a great paint I'll also show you some table clocks done by Ethica, Ethica calender clocks and we have a period late 19th century marbleize clocks to look at, some folks clocks also we have plate clocks to look at. German 19th century also we have clocks that gingerbread clocks to look at they're mid 19th century with a lot of filigree we also have the banjo clocks to look at those are a really nice larger wall clocks. We have shelf clocks to look at mid and early 19th century large size some ranging in the 30 to 40" range all the way down to the small beehive clock which is shaped of a beehive. We'll look at some examples of that also we have some schoolhouse clocks to look at octangular shape with dials on the bottom some with some calenders in some with just your dials. So those are just a few examples of clocks that we're going to show you from the 19th century."