Mystery Clock
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Object Details
- Producer
- Black, Starr and Frost Co., American, founded 1810
- Designer
- Pierre Gravoin
- Featured Artist
- Vladimir Makovsky, French, born Russia (1884-1966)
- Description
- Rectangular mother-of-pearl frame inlaid with precious stones and gold surrounds a beveled rock crystal clock face with diamond-encrusted hands and numerals resting on an onyx base with additional inset decoration with lapis volute accents and feet.
- Credit Line
- Lent by Siegelson, New York
- ca. 1930
- Accession Number
- 61.2016.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Exhibitions
- Medium
- Rock crystal, diamonds, mother-of-pearl, lapis lazuli, gold, turquoise, onyx, emeralds, platinum
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 14.9 × 10.8 × 5.1 cm (5 7/8 in. × 4 1/4 in. × 2 in.)
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Exhibitions Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_61.2016.8
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq450ef512d-50c9-4f34-8909-aac0e664250f
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