Up for sale a wonderful Art Deco House of Marchak Paris working miniature vanity clock. The clock has an Art Deco rectangular block case which is made of French. 950 silver by the Parisian silversmith Adolphe Frontin or his sons Henri and Robert. The vanity clock is marked with the Minerva head for. 950 silver and the Frontin mark in a diamond lozenge on the interior of the clock door which reveals its inner workings. The dial of the miniature clock is marked J Marchak Paris. Joseph Abramovich Marchak was a young talented jeweler in Kiev in 1878 and then in Russia where he became a competitor of Faberge and was known as the Cartier of Kiev. His son Alexander born in 1890 came to Paris from Russia in 1920 after the Russian Revolution where he opened a jewelry store in the Rue de la Paix next to the Place Vendome and the famous Hotel Ritz. This miniature vanity clock comes from this shop. It measures just shy of 1.5″ high x 1″ wide x just more than. The clock is working, but runs slow. Good condition with normal signs of age and use with tarnish and a slight nick on the right side where you open the clock to wind it. The item “Art Deco House of Marchak Paris Miniature Clock French. 950 Silver 1920-1930’s” is in sale since Saturday, October 6, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Clocks\Vintage (1930-69)\Other Vintage Clocks”. The seller is “nautilusjv” and is located in New York, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Year: 1920’s-1930’s
- Brand: House of Marchak
- Country/Region of Manufacture: France
- Material: .950 silver
- Modified Item: No