50,000 CHF
JAEGER-LECOULTRE - ATMOS MILLENAIRE MARQUETERIE 'AURORE' EXCEPTIONAL LIMITED EDITION ART NOUVEAU STYLE CLOCK Jaeger-LeCoultre, Swiss, 'Atmos Millénaire Marqueterie - Aurore', No. 13/25, the marquetry in the style of Alphonse Mucha by master cabinetmakers Jerome Boutteçon and Philippe Monti. Made in a limited edition of 25 pieces in 1999. Exceptional and extremely fine, Art Nouveau-style marquetry inlaid wood and glass barometric change-driven clock with 12 month and 1000 year calendar, phases of the moon and lunar calendar. Accompanied by the original leather-covered and brass bound trunk internally fitted with 16 drawers, Certificate of Authenticity, instruction manual, pen, Japanese ink and pallet and 10 lacquered gilt- brass screw-top cylinders numbered XXI-XXX each containing a parchment to record ownership and significant events during each century until the year 3000. Rectangular ebonised and burr walnut veneered, canted corners and sides with boxwood inlay, glazed hinged door and glazed top, stepped base, hinged side doors veneered internally with burr walnut and very fine circular marquetry panels of semi-nude young ladies in the Art Nouveau style representing Aurore and Crépescule, concealed drawer in the front with secret release catch at the back of the base, containing the century cylinders and pen and ink, the front of the drawer decorated with a further fine marquetry of a semi-nude young lady in a landscape representing `Dusk`, the lockplate of the secret
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-03-16
