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Mystery Clock
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Anonymous as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
These clocks were almost certainly created in Paris around 1930 for Black, Starr & Frost in New York. However, the firm’s commissioning of them may have been too close to the Crash of 1929 to ensure strong sales. They remained objects of admiration when examples appeared as part of a group of clocks in the firm’s display at the 1939 world’s fair in New York. This clock shows the impact of Cartier’s “Mystery” clocks, with special hidden mechanisms created by Maurice Coüet. Others used rock crystal, seen here mixed with hardstones that mosaicist Vladimir Makovsky favored for his box tops and clocks.
It is credited Lent by Siegelson, New York.
- Clock, Lotus and Koi Pond
- rock crystal, mother-of-pearl, abalone, gold, hardstone, coral, jade,....
- Siegelson, New York.
- 61.2016.3
- Chinoiserie Clock
- mother-of-pearl, lapis lazuli, nephrite, abalone, diamonds, platinum,....
- Lent by Siegelson, New York.
- 61.2016.4
- Tree of Knowledge Clock
- mother-of-pearl, diamonds, enamel, malachite, lapis lazuli, rock crystal,....
- Lent by Siegelson, New York.
- 61.2016.7
Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.
- Vanity Case
- enamel, lapis lazuli, gold, diamonds, emeralds, rubies, platinum, mirrored....
- Lent by Private Collection.
- 13.2016.35
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 14.9 × 10.8 × 5.1 cm (5 7/8 in. × 4 1/4 in. × 2 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
