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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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  Franz Boeres / Theodor Fahrner, Jugendstil / Modernist waist clasp, silver and enamel, signed, Exhibited 1904 St. Louis Exhibition

  Clasp illustrated: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Band XIV, April 1904-September 1904, p. 506 (see image attached)

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  Guttierez Vega / South American Art Deco Sterling Modernist Coffee / Tea Set c. 1935

  GUTTIEREZ VEGA (active 1930s) Bogotá, Columbia

  Four-piece modernist coffee / tea set   c. 1935

  Radical form cone and triangular shaped four piece sterling silver with bold design exotic handles.

  Marks:  T.A.N. Sterling (Maker’s mark), serial number F925

  Coffee pot       H:  5″       x L:  10 1/2″
  Teapot           H:  4 3/8″ x L:  10 1/2″
  Creamer             H:  3″       x L:  8″
  Sugar bowl     H:  4 1/2″ x L:  7 3/4″

  In the 1930s, Colombia began to embrace modern and Art Deco architecture. The new Liberal Party government tore down many older buildings to reject the conservative past. In their place, it constructed modern buildings with an international flavor and interiors and decorative arts were designed to complement these newly stylized buildings.

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  Modernist Double triangle 18K gold ring, c. 1990’s