Enamel, Nephrite and Silver Picture Frame by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof


A functional picture frame suitable for table top display with silver easel back. Featuring a circular silver border with beaded decoration with red translucent enamel on a guilloche ground, within a silver border of egg and dart motif, within a border of Russian nephrite, edged with a reeded silver border with x-form decoration in 18K yellow gold. Signed ZADORA, sterling, 18K. Measuring 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in
|Offered in a green leatherette box with green suede interior, the satin inner lid inscribed with the name of Zadora.Andreas von Zadora-GerlofCanadian-born artist Baron Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof, is a master of the stone carving art called Glyptography. Known simply as Zadora, the Baron is famous among an elite circle for creating naturalistic animal carvings and timepieces. His career in Decorative Arts has paralleled those of the historic ateliers of Johan Melchior Dinglinger, Benvenuto Cellini and Peter Carl Fabergé rather than any modern day jeweler. His private relationships with his patrons throughout the world make him a unique contributor to contemporary art history, undoubtedly influential, although rarely in public view.The first American exhibition of the artist's work was presented at the Forbes Magazine Galleries in New York in 1992 and his works have also been exhibited at the Park Avenue Armory for the benefit of the Wildlife Conservation.