6,325 CHF
The Doves Leon Hatot, (ATO) No. 41271, case attributed to R. Lalique, circa 1910. Fine and rare pressed matte glass electric Art Nouveau table clock. Semi-circular, the front decorated with four doves among branches, matted top, wooden back. Silvered, cast, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, center with leaf pattern. Blued steel "spade" hands. 12 cm., brass, electromagnetic pendulum, locking device and hand setting from the back plate.Signed on dial and movement.Dim. Length 22 cm., height 16 cm. Notes Rene Lalique 1860 -1945 French jeweler. Lalique was trained in Paris and London, and in 1885 took over the workshop of the Parisian jeweler Jules d'Estape. He embarked on a career that revolutionized jewelery design, preferring vividly colored gemstones over the more traditional precious stones. Motifs such as nymphs and flowers were typical of Lalique's Art ouveau work, and his clients included the actress Sarah Bernhardt. In 1898 he began working with glass, which gradually replaced jewelery as the focus of his tale t. His glassware came to embody the flamboyant 1920s Art Deco style. In the 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris he exhibited his "Tourbillon" or "Whirlwind" vases, in which he clearly embraced the highly geometric style of the Jazz Age.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-14
