Cartier
A silver and enamel urn form revolving chapter ring desk timepiece, Circa 1907
Lot Closed
June 11, 05:00 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Dial: Silvered revolving chapter ring with roman numerals
Case: urn-form case heightened by transparent pastel green enamel over engine-turning the top further decorated florets and floral swags in pink and beige enamel, raised upon an onyx base, the base fitted with gilt-brass plate signed Cartier
Size: Height 12.5 cm.
Signed: Cartier N.Y.
Box: with original fitted Cartier box
Papers: no
For similar examples of Cartier revolving chapter ring timepieces see Olivier Bacher and Alain Cartier, Cartier Exceptional objects, pp. 50 and 52, Vol. I, both in the Cartier Collection, Geneva.
Also see Jadder Barracca, Giampiero Negretti and Franco Nencini, Le Temps de Cartier, pp. 33 and 36.