Lot Essay
Cf. J. Barracca, G. Negretti and F. Nencini, Les Temps de Cartier, Milan, 1989, p.39 for an automobile dashboard clock of similar design, dated 1906
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUTOMOBILE BAROMETER AND CLOCK, BY CARTIER
The two white dials each with black painted Arabic and Roman numerals and a gold pointer or hands, to a cream enamel bezel, the surround entirely decorated in pale green and blue guilloché enamel, with cabochon chalcedony corner accents and a chased laurel leaf frame, leather casing, mechanical movement, circa 1905, 14.3 x 8.2 x 2.1cm
Dials each signed Cartier
The two white dials each with black painted Arabic and Roman numerals and a gold pointer or hands, to a cream enamel bezel, the surround entirely decorated in pale green and blue guilloché enamel, with cabochon chalcedony corner accents and a chased laurel leaf frame, leather casing, mechanical movement, circa 1905, 14.3 x 8.2 x 2.1cm
Dials each signed Cartier
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