Antiques Magazine Archive, August 2025

You may remember them simply from visiting elder relatives’ houses, or even stately homes. After all, they are the embodiment of the term, ‘antique’, in many people’s minds. But have you ever stopped to wonder how we ended up with our beloved ‘grandfather’ clocks? And the surprising reason why we call them ‘grandfather’?

Find answers to these, as we chart the rise and fall of grandfather clocks.