Lot Essay
Cf. Musée du Petit Palais, "The Art of Cartier", Editions Paris-Musées, 1989, page 119, plate 84 for a similar clock
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A BELLE EPOQUE ENAMEL, DIAMOND AND BEIGE AGATE MINUTE-REPEATING TABLE CLOCK, BY CARTIER
The circular white dial with black Arabic chapters and rose-cut diamond hands within a white enamel beaded bezel to the purple guilloché enamel case with white enamel borders, 18K gold perlé terminal to the beige agate base, with diamond rosette detail to the sides and moonstone push-piece, with key, 1911, 8.5 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm., in the original Cartier, Paris, red leather fitted case, (push-piece with some chips, beige agate base with two minor cracks to the back corners), movement signed by Nocturne, with French assay marks
Dial signed by Cartier
The circular white dial with black Arabic chapters and rose-cut diamond hands within a white enamel beaded bezel to the purple guilloché enamel case with white enamel borders, 18K gold perlé terminal to the beige agate base, with diamond rosette detail to the sides and moonstone push-piece, with key, 1911, 8.5 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm., in the original Cartier, Paris, red leather fitted case, (push-piece with some chips, beige agate base with two minor cracks to the back corners), movement signed by Nocturne, with French assay marks
Dial signed by Cartier