Verney Joaillier

VERNEY TABLE CLOCK "HIPPOPOTAME" GOLD AND AGATE Verney, Paris. Made circa 1990. Fine, 18K gold, agate and mother of pearl quartz table clock. Accompanied by a fitted box. Octagonal polished agate body, circular bezel with yellow gold mount, raised on the back of a carved agate hippopotamus with cabochon eyes set in gold collets, rectangular base with gold border, carved base with block feet. Mother of pearl marquetry in a 12-pointed star pattern. Yellow gold baton hands with a cabochon ruby-set center. With quartz standardization. Case signed on a gold plaque on the back of the base. Notes DIM. 20.5 x 13 x 7 cm.