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Auction archive: Lot number 228

AN IMPORTANT ART DECO MULTI-GEM CLOCK, BY BLACK, STARR & FROST

Auction 08.04.2002
8 Apr 2002 - 9 Apr 2002
Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
US$116,000
Auction archive: Lot number 228

AN IMPORTANT ART DECO MULTI-GEM CLOCK, BY BLACK, STARR & FROST

Auction 08.04.2002
8 Apr 2002 - 9 Apr 2002
Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
US$116,000
Beschreibung:

AN IMPORTANT ART DECO MULTI-GEM CLOCK, BY BLACK, STARR & FROST Of nickel-finished jeweled lever movement, the carved malachite clock designed as a scenic landscape, the mother-of-pearl dial centering upon a gold and enameled fruit tree, decorated with carved coral fruit and mother-of-pearl leaves, with rose-cut diamond hands, the base enhanced by a carved lapis lazuli waterfall, extending a carved and frosted rock crystal cascade, below which an enameled mosaic mother-of-pearl and gold aquatic view can be observed, to the stepped rectangular onyx base flanked on either side by carved lapis lazuli mythological animals, with carved onyx horns and rose-cut diamond accents, circa 1930, 7 x 2 x 6½ ins., in a black leather fitted case

Auction archive: Lot number 228
Auction:
Datum:
8 Apr 2002 - 9 Apr 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

AN IMPORTANT ART DECO MULTI-GEM CLOCK, BY BLACK, STARR & FROST Of nickel-finished jeweled lever movement, the carved malachite clock designed as a scenic landscape, the mother-of-pearl dial centering upon a gold and enameled fruit tree, decorated with carved coral fruit and mother-of-pearl leaves, with rose-cut diamond hands, the base enhanced by a carved lapis lazuli waterfall, extending a carved and frosted rock crystal cascade, below which an enameled mosaic mother-of-pearl and gold aquatic view can be observed, to the stepped rectangular onyx base flanked on either side by carved lapis lazuli mythological animals, with carved onyx horns and rose-cut diamond accents, circa 1930, 7 x 2 x 6½ ins., in a black leather fitted case

Auction archive: Lot number 228
Auction:
Datum:
8 Apr 2002 - 9 Apr 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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