Rutilated Smoky Quartz Box with Green Beryl Frog Surmount by Andreas Zadora-Gerlof


The highly transparent smoky quartz box having golden rutile needle inclusions. The interior of the lid is lined with an 1/8 inch border of yellow gold. The box surmounted by a large carved transparent green beryl frog set with ruby cabochon eyes, rimmed in gold, unsigned, but mentioned in an inventory prepared for the owner by Zadora in February 1991. Measuring 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3in
|Offered with a photocopy of an inventory list prepared February 1991 by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof which mentions the green beryl frog and rutilated smoky quartz "cigarette box" as being his work.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.