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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Quality Skeleton Clock

From Samuel Orr Antique Clocks

£1,900

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19th century

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English Skeleton Clock

From Samuel Orr Antique Clocks

£750

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19th century

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Famous Maker Made This Unusual Clock

From Samuel Orr Antique Clocks

£2,000

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A Small English Timepiece Skeleton Clock

19th century

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A Small English Timepiece Skeleton Clock

From The Antique Clock Co.

£3,950

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19th century

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A Mid 19th Century Antique French Miniature Skeleton Timepiece Clock with Pull Alarm

From Gutlin Clocks

£900

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Scott Memorial Fusee English Skeleton Clock Fully Restored 1890s

19th century

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Scott Memorial Fusee English Skeleton Clock Fully Restored 1890s

From Arundel Clocks

£1,850

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19th century

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English Fusee Skeleton Clock Six Spoke Wheel Work 1870s Under the Original Dome

From Arundel Clocks

£1,250

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English Skeleton Clock by E White of Manchester 1860s

19th century

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English Skeleton Clock by E White of Manchester 1860s

From Arundel Clocks

£2,250

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Double Fusee Skeleton Clock Under the Original Dome

1920 - 1940

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Double Fusee Skeleton Clock Under the Original Dome

From Arundel Clocks

£3,250

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19th century

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Walter Scott Memorial Skeleton Clock.

From Beechmount Antiques

£4,250

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Architectural frames are a recurring strand on Sellingantiques: cathedral models, the Scott memorial, Great Exhibition frames, and lyre-shaped plates.

1900 - 1920

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Electric Clock Circa 1900 Bulle

From Frank Craig Antiques

£950

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1900 - 1920

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A Bulle Electric Clock, Circa 1920

From Frank Craig Antiques

£950

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Antique Skeleton Clocks

Quality Skeleton Clock

English Skeleton Clock

Famous Maker Made This Unusual Clock

A Small English Timepiece Skeleton Clock

A Mid 19th Century Antique French Miniature Skeleton Timepiece Clock with Pull Alarm

Scott Memorial Fusee English Skeleton Clock Fully Restored 1890s

English Fusee Skeleton Clock Six Spoke Wheel Work 1870s Under the Original Dome

English Skeleton Clock by E White of Manchester 1860s

Double Fusee Skeleton Clock Under the Original Dome

Walter Scott Memorial Skeleton Clock.

Electric Clock Circa 1900 Bulle

A Bulle Electric Clock, Circa 1920

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