An American style of inexpensive clock produced in great numbers in the last quarter of the 19th century, these shelf clocks often sat in the kitchens of lower and middle class homes. Usually made of oak or walnut; their often highly ornate press-molded and incised wings and tops conferring their "gingerbread" nickname.

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An English weight-driven clock style dating from the early 1600's. One of the first clocks whose movement and external structure was made predominantly from brass instead of iron or wood. Although the clocks shape looks somehwhat like a lantern, the derivation of the name probably stems from the French word "laiton", meaning brass. The earliest lantern clocks had striking mechanisms; later in the 17th century alarms were sometimes added. Some lantern clocks had pendulums, and could be hung on the wall.

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A floor-standing clock whose weight-driven movement contained in the upper section (hood) It required a "long case" to allow the weights to drop an adequate distance; first made in the mid-17th century. Also called a "Tall Case clock", a "tall clock", or a "grandfather clock".

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