Enamel, Gold and Gem-set Kaleidescope by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof


The elegant cylinder decorated in blue translucent enamel on guilloché ground, with a near-optically clear rock crystal quartz cabochon at one end to create the kaleidescope optics and an 18K yellow gold eyepiece with foliate decoration to the other end, signed ZADORA, 18K and with an additional maker's mark WSB. Length 5 1/4 in
|Offered with a green suede pouch.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.