Tree of Knowledge Clock
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Object Details
- Producer
- Black, Starr and Frost Co., American, founded 1810
- Designer
- Pierre Gravoin
- Vladimir Makovsky, French, born Russia (1884-1966)
- Description
- Clock depicting the Tree of Knowledge with precious stone fruits standing in for numerals against a mother-of-pearl ground. Clock face flanked by stylized lapis rams in between which a lapis fountain spills frosted glass into a pool of inset sea creatures, all on a rectilinear onyx plinth.
- Credit Line
- Lent by Siegelson, New York
- ca. 1930
- Accession Number
- 61.2016.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Exhibitions
- Medium
- Mother-of-pearl, diamonds, enamel, malachite, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, abalone, coral, onyx, gold
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 17.8 × 5.1 × 16.5 cm (7 in. × 2 in. × 6 1/2 in.)
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Exhibitions Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_61.2016.7
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e4925219-f18f-40d4-bc97-d0e67c9463e4
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