Do skeleton clocks strike the hours?

Some do. Double-fusee examples have a second train for striking, and repeating versions appear among them. Many do not. Single-fusee clocks outnumber double by roughly two to one in this archive, and a good number of those are described as timepieces, meaning no strike at all. Between the two sits the passing strike, one blow on a bell at the hour rather than a counted strike.

What period do most of these come from?

The dated listings run from 1820 to 1960, but the weight falls in the mid-to-late 19th century. Where decades are given, the 1870s lead, followed by the 1850s and 1860s. Dating is often loose. Victorian on its own covers 43 listings and 19th Century another 25. Titles using early or early Victorian generally mean the 1840s and 1850s rather than anything earlier.

Why are some called Lichfield Cathedral or Scott Memorial?

Those are frame models. Victorian makers built skeleton frames as miniature buildings and monuments, and the names stuck as model names rather than maker names. Cathedral frames, the Scott memorial and Great Exhibition frames all appear in these listings, along with lyre-shaped plates. They form a small but steady strand, and they sit toward the upper part of the range.

Are French skeleton clocks listed too?

Yes, as a handful. They show up as miniature and small French skeleton timepieces. Alarm work is where they concentrate. Every alarm-fitted skeleton timepiece in the samples is French, miniature, or both.

How many skeleton clocks come up for sale?

Around 20 a year on Sellingantiques, spread across 38 dealers. No single dealer defines what turns up. The archive holds 158 listings in all, 79 of them carrying a clean year.

What unusual types appear under this heading?

Genuine oddities surface once each: a torsion year clock, a rolling ball clock, a great wheel clock complete with dust cover, a skeleton wall clock, an acrylic-framed one and a music-box example. The 20th century brings its own group. Open-framed, electric and torsion clocks under glass account for roughly one in six of the dated listings, clustering in the 1920s, 1950s and 1960s.

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A skeleton clock is a clock built with its movement left open to view, the frame plates pierced or shaped so the wheels can be watched, standing on a plinth under a glass dome on a mantel or library table.

19th century

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Fine 19th Century, Skeleton Clock, Circa 1875, Striking , Library, Mantel,clock

From Frank Craig Antiques

£1,500

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Glass Domed, Fusee Skeleton Clock with Passing Strike.

1940 - 1960

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Glass Domed, Fusee Skeleton Clock with Passing Strike.

From Masons Antiques

£950

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A Rhodium Plated Jaeger Le Atmos Clock Rare Bell-jar Model Atmos Clock Ca 1950'S

1940 - 1960

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A Rhodium Plated Jaeger Le Atmos Clock Rare Bell-jar Model Atmos Clock Ca 1950'S

From Bushells Antiques

£2,450

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A Limited Edition Thwaites & Reed ‘Congreve’ Rolling Ball Clock

Later than 1960

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A Limited Edition Thwaites & Reed ‘Congreve’ Rolling Ball Clock

From The Antique Clock Co.

£8,500

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Art Deco Mystery Clock by Jaeger-lecoultre

1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Mystery Clock by Jaeger-lecoultre

From Art Deco World

£1,950

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1940 - 1960

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Jaeger Lecoultre Inline Skeleton Clock

From Chalfont Clocks

£1,950

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Jaeger-lecoultre Atmos Swiss Made 15 Jewel Perpetual Motion Mantel Clock

19th century

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Jaeger-lecoultre Atmos Swiss Made 15 Jewel Perpetual Motion Mantel Clock

From Bushells Antiques

£1,250

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Exquisite Skeleton Clock with Passing Strike

19th century

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Exquisite Skeleton Clock with Passing Strike

From The Antique Clock Co.

£4,250

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19th century

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Great Exhibition Clock 1860

From Samuel Orr Antique Clocks

£750

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A Mid-century Swiss Inline Skeleton Timepiece

1940 - 1960

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A Mid-century Swiss Inline Skeleton Timepiece

From Chalfont Clocks

£1,650

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Around twenty skeleton clocks are listed on Sellingantiques each year, and thirty-eight dealers have listed one, so no single dealer defines the category.

19th century

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Skeleton Clock by Allen Colyer

From Devonshire Antiques

£1,950

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William Evans of Handsworth a Rare Skeleton Clock with Coup Perdu Detent Escapement

19th century

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William Evans of Handsworth a Rare Skeleton Clock with Coup Perdu Detent Escapement

From Leigh Extence Antique Clocks

£5,800

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A Small French Striking Four Glass Clock

19th century

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A Small French Striking Four Glass Clock

From The Antique Clock Co.

£2,850

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Bulle Clock Complete with Original Glass Dome Circa 1920

1900 - 1920

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Bulle Clock Complete with Original Glass Dome Circa 1920

From Frank Craig Antiques

£950

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A Jaeger Lecoultre 8-Day Table or Desk Clock Circa 1950'S. Fully Serviced

1940 - 1960

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A Jaeger Lecoultre 8-Day Table or Desk Clock Circa 1950'S. Fully Serviced

From Bushells Antiques

£1,450

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A Fine Cathedral Clock, Garniture in the Style of Ferdinand Barbedienne, Under Original Dome.

19th century

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A Fine Cathedral Clock, Garniture in the Style of Ferdinand Barbedienne, Under Original Dome.

From Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria

£950

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Antique Skeleton Clocks

Fine 19th Century, Skeleton Clock, Circa 1875, Striking , Library, Mantel,clock

Glass Domed, Fusee Skeleton Clock with Passing Strike.

A Rhodium Plated Jaeger Le Atmos Clock Rare Bell-jar Model Atmos Clock Ca 1950'S

A Limited Edition Thwaites & Reed ‘Congreve’ Rolling Ball Clock

Art Deco Mystery Clock by Jaeger-lecoultre

Jaeger Lecoultre Inline Skeleton Clock

Jaeger-lecoultre Atmos Swiss Made 15 Jewel Perpetual Motion Mantel Clock

Exquisite Skeleton Clock with Passing Strike

Great Exhibition Clock 1860

A Mid-century Swiss Inline Skeleton Timepiece

Skeleton Clock by Allen Colyer

William Evans of Handsworth a Rare Skeleton Clock with Coup Perdu Detent Escapement

A Small French Striking Four Glass Clock

Bulle Clock Complete with Original Glass Dome Circa 1920

A Jaeger Lecoultre 8-Day Table or Desk Clock Circa 1950'S. Fully Serviced

A Fine Cathedral Clock, Garniture in the Style of Ferdinand Barbedienne, Under Original Dome.

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