A Cartier silver gilt marble timepiece
A fine Cartier silver gilt mounted Spanish Brocatelle marble pendule a cercles tournant timepiece
circa 1905
The base inscribed Cartier / Paris, with French makers marks and purity marks to mounts.
height 9 3/4in (25cm); width over handles 5 1/4in (13.5cm)
Provenance: sold Christies London, 16 June 1999, lot 93.
Property from the Estate Francis A. Martin III, San Francisco, California, curated by Steven Volpe.
Literature: Two of the same model, with varying color marble bodies, are illustrated J. Barracca, G. Negretti and F. Nencini, Le Temps de Cartier. 1989, p. 33.
Footnote: Cartier had an established foothold in the watch market in the 19th century. At the turn of the 20th century, Louis Cartier began to focus on producing table clocks, or pendulettes, to rival the work of Faberge. Initially purchasing clocks by the renowned Yahr workshops in Moscow, by 1904 the firm was forcused on Paris based suppliers. The movements for the pendulettes were made almost exclusively by Prevost on the boulevard Sebastopol (ibid, pp 19-20). Dimensions: Condition Report: Good condition overall. Mounts slightly rubbed but gilding still present. Some darkening in areas, particularly to crevices. Mounts marked as stated. Maker's mark appears to be VL. Body with scattered small areas of infill. Not viewed under blacklight. Lid with a few small/minor areas of infill to underside. Lid does not sit absolutely flust on movement mount. Enamel good overall. With some small areas of cracking and touch up around chapters, particularly 40 to 60. Some slight roughness and minor losses around edges of marble foot. Base inscribed as stated. Fully Wound. Balance wheel appears to be frozen. Working condition of clocks is not guaranteed.
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A fine Cartier silver gilt mounted Spanish Brocatelle marble pendule a cercles tournant timepiece
circa 1905
The base inscribed Cartier / Paris, with French makers marks and purity marks to mounts.
height 9 3/4in (25cm); width over handles 5 1/4in (13.5cm)
Provenance: sold Christies London, 16 June 1999, lot 93.
Property from the Estate Francis A. Martin III, San Francisco, California, curated by Steven Volpe.
Literature: Two of the same model, with varying color marble bodies, are illustrated J. Barracca, G. Negretti and F. Nencini, Le Temps de Cartier. 1989, p. 33.
Footnote: Cartier had an established foothold in the watch market in the 19th century. At the turn of the 20th century, Louis Cartier began to focus on producing table clocks, or pendulettes, to rival the work of Faberge. Initially purchasing clocks by the renowned Yahr workshops in Moscow, by 1904 the firm was forcused on Paris based suppliers. The movements for the pendulettes were made almost exclusively by Prevost on the boulevard Sebastopol (ibid, pp 19-20). Dimensions: Condition Report: Good condition overall. Mounts slightly rubbed but gilding still present. Some darkening in areas, particularly to crevices. Mounts marked as stated. Maker's mark appears to be VL. Body with scattered small areas of infill. Not viewed under blacklight. Lid with a few small/minor areas of infill to underside. Lid does not sit absolutely flust on movement mount. Enamel good overall. With some small areas of cracking and touch up around chapters, particularly 40 to 60. Some slight roughness and minor losses around edges of marble foot. Base inscribed as stated. Fully Wound. Balance wheel appears to be frozen. Working condition of clocks is not guaranteed.
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