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**A LAPIS LAZULI AND CORAL DESK CLOCK, BY BOUCHERON
The three-tiered gray agate rectangular upright base, set with a lapis lazuli square dial of an etched geometric design, with mechanical movement and applied gold Arabic chapters and geometric hands, enhanced at the corners with a square cabochon coral, the reverse with a lapis lazuli and coral panel, to the coral, gold and lapis lazuli stand, mounted in gold, circa 1929, 5½ x 3 x 1½ ins., in a Boucheron brown leather fitted case
Base and winding stem signed Boucheron, Paris
The three-tiered gray agate rectangular upright base, set with a lapis lazuli square dial of an etched geometric design, with mechanical movement and applied gold Arabic chapters and geometric hands, enhanced at the corners with a square cabochon coral, the reverse with a lapis lazuli and coral panel, to the coral, gold and lapis lazuli stand, mounted in gold, circa 1929, 5½ x 3 x 1½ ins., in a Boucheron brown leather fitted case
Base and winding stem signed Boucheron, Paris
Literature
Giles Néret, Boucheron Four Generations of a World-Renowned Jeweler, Rizzoli, New York, 1988, page 189, page no. 121
Exhibited
Boucheron, 130 Années de Creation et d'Emotion, Institut de France, Musée Jacquemart-Andre, Paris, 16 September - 31 October 1998
Special Notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
Further Details
This clock was manufactured by the Verger workshop for Boucheron in Paris in 1929.