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Mystery Clock

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    Object Details

    Producer

    Maurice Coüet, French, 1885-1963
    Cartier, French, founded 1847

    Manufacturer

    European Watch and Clock Co. Inc., French-Swiss, founded 1920

    Description

    A clock with a square Santa Maria aquamarine dial enclosing platinum hands, within a platinum
    chapter ring with coral Roman numerals and coral sides, supported on an aquamarine
    pedestal mounted in gold, on a rectangular platinum base, the front and reverse panels
    decorated with fluted coral and sides with fluted lapis lazuli

    Credit Line

    Lent by Private Collection

    Date

    1931

    Accession Number

    13.2016.103

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    timepieces & measuring devices
    Exhibitions
    Mystery Clock

    Medium

    Coral, lapis lazuli, aquamarine, platinum, gold

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 7 × 5.6 × 3.1 cm (2 3/4 × 2 3/16 × 1 1/4 in.)

    made in

    Paris, France

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Exhibitions Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ed91d2be-b501-43d1-b7ee-bc15717d920e

    Record ID

    chndm_13.2016.103

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