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Object Details
- Producer
- Cartier, French, founded 1847
- Manufacturer
- Maurice Coüet, French, 1885-1963
- European Watch and Clock Co. Inc., French-Swiss, founded 1920
- Description
- Clock composed of an arched rock crystal panel with circular dial centered by a carved jade medallion embellished with cabochon sapphires and diamond, within a gold and black enamelled chapter ring with rose-cut diamond-set Roman numerals and diamond and sapphire hands, encircled by a rose-cut diamond bezel, further decorated with a pair of topiary motifs formed of carved sapphires and leaves of jade, and black enamel, mounted in platinum and gold, with red leather fitted case by Cartier
- Credit Line
- Lent by Private Collection
- ca. 1927
- Accession Number
- 13.2016.101
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- timepieces & measuring devices
- Exhibitions
- Object Name
- Desk Clock
- Type
- Desk Clock
- Medium
- Platinum, gold, rock crystal, carved jade, cabochon and carved sapphires, rose-cut and other diamonds, enamel
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 10 × 8 × 3.5 cm (3 15/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Exhibitions Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_13.2016.101
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45620ae6f-3dbf-4e31-baa5-0eb56b583059
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