Small clocks inside glass bell cases on the mantelpiece, and longcase clocks ticking away the time as items of furniture. But these are rare examples until the 20th century.
Maroli
Clocks aren’t commonly featured in paintings. Here are a precious from 1655 to 1853, from William Dyce and Rossetti to Hogarth and William Holman Hunt.
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