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  Gilbert Rohde / Herman Miller American Modernist Clock and Thermometer c.1933

  GILBERT ROHDE   (1894-1944)   USA
  HERMAN MILLER CLOCK CO.  Zeeland, Mich.

  Showroom sample clock and thermometer/barometer  c. 1933

  Block of seven stacked wood varieties with three brushed chrome bars, chromium-plated rings and original convex glass clock faces

  For related Rohde clock designs: American Modern 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, J. Stewart Johnson (New York: Harry Abrams & Am. Federation of Arts, 2000) p. 142-43 The Machine Age in America: 1918-1941, Richard Guy Wilson, Dianne H. Pilgram and Dickran Tashjian, exhibit. Cat. (New York: The Brooklyn Museum and Harry N. Abrams, 1986), vintage Herman Miller catalog.

  H: 5 ½” L: 10 ¼” x W: 2 ½”

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  International Silver Company / Kurt Eric Christoffersen Sterling “Continental” candlesticks c.1955

  KURT ERIC CHRISTOFFERSEN (1926-1981) Denmark

  INTERNATIONAL SILVER COMPANY Meriden, CT

  Pair of Continental candlesticks c.1955

  Sterling silver

  Marks: INTERNATIONAL STERLING / Christoffersen Designed / CV200

  Illustrated: International Sterling Crafts Associates
  These candlesticks are illustrated in a vintage ad from the mid-1950’s and were priced at $70 for the pair!

  H: 5″ x Dia: 4″

  Price: $3,500

  Born in Ringsted, Denmark, Kurt Eric Christoffersen graduated from the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen. The gifted young craftsman apprenticed with the Copenhagen fir m of Petersen & Lassen, Goldsmiths, before training under the aegis of A. Michelsen, jewelers to the Royal House of Denmark. In 1949, Christoffersen received the Silver Medal for Excellence, the highest award given by the Danish Gold and Silversmiths Guild. Christoffersen began designing for International Silver Co. in 1955.