Lot 43
- 43
Swiss
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- A FINE AND RARE ONYX, BLOODSTONE, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND-SET DESK TIMEPIECECIRCA 1920
- bloodstone, diamond, agate, enamel
- height 12 cm, width 17 cm, depth 7 cm
• 8-day nickel lever movement, 15 jewels • gilt dial with bullet indexes, central frieze with cloisonné enamel in floral motif, unusual diamond-set hands • bezel heightened with black enamel to the interior raised frame, the case heightened with opaque spring green enamel, applied with diamond-set stylized Arabic numerals at the intervals, winding and setting crown at 6 o'clock • the whole suspended by enameled rings descending from a portico structure constructed of onyx, the bloodstone modified Doric columns terminating in spring green enameled finials and bases, the whole surmounted upon a tiered base of beveled bloodstone atop an agate base • movement numbered and signed H.A.& St, Swiss, case numbered, dial signed Swiss