Object Details
- Designer
- Pierre Gravoin
- Vladimir Makovsky, French, born Russia (1884-1966)
- Producer
- Black, Starr and Frost Co., American, founded 1810
- Description
- Rectilinear clock with semi-precious stones forming foliate decoration against a mother-of-pearl ground. Numerals are etched into squared and beveled glass border while the device itself rests atop a base formed by two red hippocamps positioned in a platform.
- Credit Line
- Lent by Siegelson, New York
- ca. 1930
- Accession Number
- 61.2016.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- timepieces & measuring devices
- Exhibitions
- Chinoiserie Clock
- Medium
- Mother-of-pearl, lapis lazuli, nephrite, abalone, diamonds, platinum, emeralds, sapphires, agate, glass, gold
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 15.2 × 12.7 × 6.4 cm (6 in. × 5 in. × 2 1/2 in.)
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Exhibitions Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_61.2016.4
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b2747143-17ac-4e5b-bf4e-9a610adf414e
