The Beauty And Price Of American Antique Timepieces

In the middle of these attraction lies the craftsmanship. Made throughout instances when precision and art were paramount, these lamps were built to last generations. The delicate woodwork, hand-painted knobs, and mechanical activities present in many antique mantel clocks for sale mantel lamps reveal a degree of skill seldom observed in contemporary mass-produced items. Each time presents not really a method of timekeeping, but an item of history—whether that's colonial America, Victorian England, or 19th-century France.