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Lot 560
Sale 950 - Property from the Halim Time & Glass Museum: Sold Without Reserve
Sep 24, 2021
2:30PM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$5,000 -
7,000
Price Realized
$2,375
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Lot Description
A French Ebonized, Parcel-Gilt and Pewter Turtle Mystery Clock, A. Cadot
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
二十世紀初 法國製日本風格木描金靈龜神秘鈡
製作:A. Cadot
標記:AMC, FRANCE
having the turtle shaped marker set on the pewter dish with Roman numerals raised on the chinoiserie decorated tapering base, works stamped with AMC mark and FRANCE.
這可愛的座鈡結構十分精巧。陶瓷燒成的小烏龜腹部附有磁鐵,在錶盤中注入少許清水,鈡座内的機芯帶動吸鐵石,小烏龜漂浮在水面上走時,外觀上看不到一點機芯,是爲神秘鈡。別具巧思的設計不但可以計時,也是書房内別具匠心的玩物。木座通體刷棕漆,開光繪東洋風情人物,是十九世紀末-二十世紀初日本情調流行法國的產物。
製作:A. Cadot
標記:AMC, FRANCE
having the turtle shaped marker set on the pewter dish with Roman numerals raised on the chinoiserie decorated tapering base, works stamped with AMC mark and FRANCE.
這可愛的座鈡結構十分精巧。陶瓷燒成的小烏龜腹部附有磁鐵,在錶盤中注入少許清水,鈡座内的機芯帶動吸鐵石,小烏龜漂浮在水面上走時,外觀上看不到一點機芯,是爲神秘鈡。別具巧思的設計不但可以計時,也是書房内別具匠心的玩物。木座通體刷棕漆,開光繪東洋風情人物,是十九世紀末-二十世紀初日本情調流行法國的產物。
Height 4 3/4 x width 11 x depth 11 in., 12.1 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm.
Property from the Halim Time & Glass Museum, Evanston, Illinois










