French Mantle
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 ANTIQUE FRENCH MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK  US $725.00
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 Vintage Brass French Style Pendulum 8 Day Carriage Clock Bell Strike Gears Runs US $149.00
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 VINTAGE CERAMIC MANTLE CLOCK FLOWER FRENCH COLONIAL US $9.99
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 Vintage Porcelain Sessions Electric Mantle Shelf Clock US $65.25
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 Vintage French Jaz Deluxe Hand Winding Mantle Desk Alarm Clock 7 Jewels US $129.99
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 FRENCH MANTLE CLOCKJAPY FERES 8 DAY MOVEMENTEXCELLENT CLOCK US $210.00
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 Marti FRENCH open escapement mantle clock movement dial bezel and backplate US $70.00
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 ANTIQUE JAPY FRERES CERAMIC BODY MANTLE CLOCK US $65.00
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 RARE ANTIQUE ANSONIA ROYAL BONN PORCELAIN ROSES MANTLE CLOCK LA VENDEE Ca 1904 US $499.99
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 SETH THOMAS INLAID CABINET CHIME NO 61 1921 ANTIQUE WESTMINSTER CHIMES CLOCK US $310.00
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 Versatile Clockmakers Movement Test Stand Aluminum US $59.95
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 ANTIQUE FRENCH EGYPTIAN REVIVAL MARBLE SLATE MANTLE CLOCK US $895.00
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 ANTIQUE FRENCH ART DECO MANTEL CLOCK GARNITURE SET 3 PIECES YELLOW MARBLE US $930.00
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 Rare Rue Juliette Brass Mantle Clock US $29.99
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 Vintage electric Reproduction Louis XV Gilt Mantle Clock US $19.99
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 SETH THOMAS OUTLOOK7 1921 ANTIQUE MANTEL CLOCK TIMESTRIKE RESTORED US $200.00
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 Seth Thomas French Marble Mantle Clock Open Escapement 8 Day 1890 Circa WORKS US $389.89
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 Antique 19thC E Gubelin Lucerne French Marble Clock w Gilded Eagle US $120.50
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 1896B RARE SETH THOMAS RHODES MODEL MULTI COLOR ADAMANTINE FANCY MANTLE CLOCK US $500.00
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 Beautiful French 1800s Antinque mantle clock for sale US $25.00
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 RARE ANTIQUE GILBERT CHINA PORCELAIN MANTLE PARLOR CHIME CLOCK ROYAL BONN FRENCH US $157.50
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 Beautiful antique French copper mantle clock US $215.00
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 Ansonia ROYAL BONN Porcelain PECONIC Mantle Clock in French Colors Nice Shape NR US $107.50
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 Large French Antique Lantern Clock Bell Part Mantle Wall seth thomas steam punk US $8.00
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 Vintage French Antique Lantern Clock Bell Part Mantle seth thomas steam punk US $8.00
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 Antique E Howard Boston Slate Marble Clock Malachite Inlays US $26.00
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 1930’s Vintage French Art Deco Bakelite JAZ Mantle Clock Beautiful Piece US $20.00
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 ANTIQUE ANSONIA CRYSTAL REGULATOR OPEN ESCAPEMENT GILT BRASS MANTLE SHELF CLOCK US $246.50
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 Vintage French gilbert waterbury Antique Mantle Bezel back plate Frame Dial US $20.00
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 Vintage Rose Bezel French Beveled Glass Antique Mantle back plate Frame Dial US $40.00
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 Vintage Antique French Mantle back plate Glass Brass Frame Dial Clock steampunk US $15.00
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 New Small French Clock Pendulum US $16.99
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 ANTIQUE 19thc FRENCH S MARTI ESCAPEMENT BRONZE COLUMN WHITE MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK US $1,000.00
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 Clean French Black Slate Mantle Shelf Clock US $49.99
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 Antique 19thC French Victorian Gilded Bronze Clock Candelabra Set NR US $1.04
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 FRENCH LEAD CRYSTAL MANTLE CLOCK WITH STAIGER GERMAN MOVEMENT EXCELLENT US $15.99
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 DRAWER DISPLAY BRACKET SHELF 4 AMERICAN KITCHEN or FRENCH PORTICO PILLAR CLOCK US $9.99
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 Antique French JAPY FRERES Marble Bronze Mantle CLOCK US $350.00
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 ASTHETIC MOVEMENT EXPENSIVE MARBLE w LONGWY TILES CLOCK BY SHREVE CRUMP LOW US $2,000.00 |
 French mantle clock US $1,900.00
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 $45000 19TH C FRENCH BRONZE MALACHITE RHODOCHROSITE CRYSTAL CLOCK US $18,000.00
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 Italian Marble and Brass Imperial Mantle Clock US $1,000.00
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 ORNATE FRENCH ANTIQUE FIGURAL MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK US $375.00
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 Rare Italian Made Imperial Mantle Clock W German Quartz Movmnt Excellent Cond US $675.00
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 French Bronze and Porcelain Shelf Mantle Clock Ca 1900 US $1,300.00
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 1908 Antique French Jappy Fils Mourey Venus scene Mantlel Mantle Clock US $1,600.00
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 Antique French Old Porcelain Mantle Shelf Clock For Parts Repair US $100.00
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 GREAT VINTAGE ART DECO BLUE DELFT MANTEL MANTLE CLOCK US $173.00
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 1880s Louis XV style French Mantle Clock Gilt Bronze EM Signed Movement US $895.00
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 SETH THOMAS ADAMANTINE MANTLE CLOCK ORIGINAL 89c MOVEMENT DUAL STRIKE CIRCA 1900 US $188.75 |
 French wooden mantle clock US $345.00
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 NEW 8 inch Victorian French Mamtel Clock HOME DECOR Battery opnot included US $19.99
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 1860 Antique French J Marti Cie 8 day Mantlel Mantle Clock US $260.00
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 VINTAGE DUTCH BLUE DELFT MANTLE MANTEL CLOCK SAILBOATS US $172.00
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 French Bronze Mantle Clock matching candelabras 1800s US $5,000.00
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 Antique French Egyptian Revival Clock Samuel Marti US $505.75
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 1950s Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos 526 5 Mantle Shelf Clock US $1,600.00
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 Antique 1800s French Japy Freres Egyptian And Cherub Mantle Clock US $467.50
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 ANTIQUE FRENCH BLACK MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK SIGNED US $1,250.00
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 1st EMPIRE GILT BRONZE ORMOLU STRIKING MANTLE CLOCK AU CHARIOT Circa 1815 1820 US $9,000.00 |
 1930’s Vintage French Art Deco Bakelite JAZ Mantle Clock with Alarm Nice Piece US $95.00
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 1930’s Vintage French Art Deco Bakelite BLANGY Mantle Clock Full Working Order US $195.00
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 Art Deco mantle shelf clock set French Belgian 1920s Faiencerie De Thulin US $115.00
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 Fine French Gilt Bronze Onyx Clock w Garniture c1880 US $5,500.00 |
 FRENCH 19thC ORMOLU MOUNTED WITH STRIATED BLACK WHITE MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK US $2,850.00 |
 Ansonia Royal Bonn La Vendee porcelain mantel clock US $1,575.00
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 Antique French onyx figural mantle clock Louis XV style harp US $775.00
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 Antique mahogany inlaid French shelf mantle clock Black Starr Frost US $1,200.00
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 Antique Bronze or Brass Mantle Clock Made in England With Cherubs US $750.00
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 Nouveau Styl JEWELED Mantel Clock Nude Fairy Elf Maiden US $99.00
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 1920S FRENCH ART DECO 3 PIECE MARBLE GARNITURE 3 KINDS MARBLE PERFECT US $275.00
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 French Brass mantle clock Corinthian columns US $574.00
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 Waterbury Mantle Clock Bronze Gold Gilded French Gilt Antique Vintage Cast Iron US $445.00
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 Old Antique French Heavy Marble Portico Shelf Mantle Clock US $124.00
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 Vintage Shreve Co clock English case French movement Chinese revival US $245.00
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 Antique French mantel clock movement and dial Time strike spares repair US $95.00
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 ANTIQUE SIGNED Japy Freres ARABIC ORIENTAL MANTLE CLOCK US $3,299.99
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 Antique French Large J Garnier Spelter Bronze Marble Mantle Clock Gorgeous US $899.99
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 Vintage MARBLE Clock FRENCH Garniture ART DECO Mantle COMPTOIR GENERAL Paris M US $313.04
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 Ansonia Royal Bonn La Rivier porcelain antique clock US $1,600.00
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A History of Golf
What country invented ‘golf?' Many countries did. If there were sticks and objects that could be hurtled along, then there was ‘golf.' No one knows for certain who started golf. But everybody knows who plays it now — everyone does.
The origin of the name ‘golf' is believed to be the Dutch word of 'colf,' which means 'club.' In the medieval ages, golf was also known as "spel metten colve,' which literally meant 'game with clubs.'
Nearly every area around the world has some claim to the origination of golf. Scotland, of course, has its claim. But so do China, Rome, England, France, Holland, Belgium, even Laos. Every country has a game consisting of sticks and balls, and every country is correct in its assumption that it invented the game. But there is no one country where ‘golf' actually began.
Still, Scotland is widely considered to be birthplace of golf. And it began haphazardly, a way of hitting a pebble or other roundish object into a hole by means of a stick or club.
Edinburgh, Scotland, claimed the first golfing society. The Gentlemen Golfers - later known as the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers and today in residence at Muirfield - claim their club was already under way in 1744.
The first inter-Scotland club matches were played in 1857. The world would wait until 1860 for the first British Open to be played.
The British Open was being played 35 years before the U.S. Open. It has been called "The World Open." Players from around the globe participate, as they have for a century or more. The British Open is all-inclusive. The U.S. Open has been moving in that direction for the last decade. But the British Open has been accepting a cast from around the world since the turn of the century.
It is not known for certain when golf came to America — only that when it got a toehold in the 20th century, America became the world leader in great players. By 1900, the explosion of the game in America was complete. Proof was that, at the turn of the century, there were more golf clubs in the United States than there were in Britain.
Tiger Woods came upon the scene in 1996. He won eight times in 1999, nine times in 2000, and won the four major championships in succession in 2000-2001, starting with the U.S. Open in 2000. Should his career be as successful in his 30s and 40s as it has been in his 20s, he will assume the mantle of "best player ever."
Women have played a very large part in the history of golf, even before the last half of the 20th century when they finally achieved equality with men. Records of ladies playing golf exist all the way back to the time of Mary Queen of Scots.
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