Price guide to Arts & Crafts clocks with an element of ceramics in the design.
The Arts and Crafts Movement was a rebellion of substance as well as style. Its power came from the conviction that art and craft could change people’s lives. Its strong social and moral purpose has ensured its continuing relevance. Many guilds and workshops were set up which had a long lasting impact on communities. Reference: Arts & Crafts Museum.
Arts & Crafts found their way into household items such as clocks as well as architecture and jewellery.
A late 19th Century blue and white ceramic mantle clock in the Arts & Crafts manner The case painted for Howell James & Co. by Fred Miller, decorated extensivley with butterflies, flowers, foliage, swags and anthemion motifs, the dial within a giltmetal bezel marked in Roman numerals and fitted with a eight-day drum movement striking a bell, the case inscribed and dated 1880, 27cm high
Sold for £ 312 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2012
Louwelsa Weller Arts and Crafts Pottery Mantel Clock. Very unusual,movement made by the Gilbert Clock Company, Winsted, CT all original. Has one little chip towards rear.
Sold for $250 at Tim’s Inc. Auctions in 2018
An ebonised mantel clock, of Arts & Crafts style, having Arabic numbers to the blue and white square porcelain dial with rose spandrels, the twin-barrel movement striking on a coiled gong, within the ebonized case having a galleried rail above the hinged and glazed square door, raised upon a rectangular base having further blue and white panel frieze, 15.25 (38.5 cm) high overall. The dial appears in good condition, Movement is untested. Case is in fair condition with general knocks and scratches throughout and small loss to top rail
Sold for £180 at Fellows in 2016
