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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 337

?Casino? ImHof, Swiss. Made in the 1940s. Fine and unusual, quartzite and malachite, 8-day going novelty desk clock in the form of a dice and playing card. To be sold without reserve

C. Cube-form, the clock set into the front, three sides inlaid with malachite dots for the numbers, 3, 4 & 5, cylindrical malachite and black onyx base raised on a rectangular base in the form of the Ace of Diamonds. D. Square brushed silvered with applied gilt conical hour indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gilt ?fleur-de-lys? hands. M. 8-day going. Dial signed. Dim. 10.5 x 8 cm. Property of a French Gentleman