99th Auction
2019/5/11
Lot 345
Jaeger-LeCoultre "Atmos", Plexi Gravé V AQUARIUM (Marina), Ref. 5805, Cal. 526, 230 x 180 x 130 mm, circa 1970
A rare, fine and very ornamental table clock "Aquarium"
Case: gilt brass, acrylic glass. Dial: white. Movm.: gilt, driven by changing air-pressure, torsion pendulum.
This exquisite LeCoultre Atmos V Aquarium clock is decorated with an aquarium-themed design and shows carved fish and seaweed ornaments on white ground. For the decoration, which is signed "Marina", the artist developed a special technique to achieve the three-dimensional effect - cavities were engraved in the acrylic glass and then coloured. According to LeCoultre records this model was sold from 1963 to 1975 in four different designs in black and white under the name "Plexi Gravé". Production stopped in 1975 when the artist passed away.
A rare, fine and very ornamental table clock "Aquarium"
Case: gilt brass, acrylic glass. Dial: white. Movm.: gilt, driven by changing air-pressure, torsion pendulum.
This exquisite LeCoultre Atmos V Aquarium clock is decorated with an aquarium-themed design and shows carved fish and seaweed ornaments on white ground. For the decoration, which is signed "Marina", the artist developed a special technique to achieve the three-dimensional effect - cavities were engraved in the acrylic glass and then coloured. According to LeCoultre records this model was sold from 1963 to 1975 in four different designs in black and white under the name "Plexi Gravé". Production stopped in 1975 when the artist passed away.
estimated
2.000—4.000 €
Price realized
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