Object Details
- Designer
- Erik Fleming, Swedish, 1894 - 1954
- Modeler
- Karl Hultström, Swedish, 1884–1973
- Fabricator
- Robert Engström
- Manufacturer
- Atelier Borgila
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Terrestrial globe on stepped circular base with figures representing the Five Continents: Asiatic woman with five-headed cobra, Europa with the Bull, African hunter with lioness, Native American on horseback, South Sea Islander on dolphin. Globe encircled by twenty-four-hour equatorial dial with the signs of the zodiac. Silver gilt arrow on globe indicates the time. Silver plated metal winding key on pedestal base cast in form of initials "I.K." (for Ivan Kreuger, 1880-1932). One silver or silver plated metal floral finial element detached from base of globe mount.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
- 1930
- Accession Number
- 1960-1-16-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- timepieces & measuring devices
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- clock
- Type
- clock
- Medium
- gold plated, silver, and silver plated, metal
- Dimensions
- H x diam. (overall): 45 × 33 cm (17 11/16 in. × 13 in.)
- H x W x D (winding key): 4.8 × 3.6 × 1.8 cm (1 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 11/16 in.)
- H x diam. (fragment): 1.7 × 1.8 cm (11/16 × 11/16 in.)
- made in
- Stockholm, Sweden
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1960-1-16-a_b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4aff14e33-5ffb-4a0e-a4e2-1ebb12fdaa76
