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EDWARD F. CALDWELL & CO., NEW YORK. A FINE BELLE EPOQUE GILT BRONZE AND MARBLE SMALL DESK TIMEPIECEDate: Circa 1907 Movement: 17-jewel, 27'" , 8-day with lever escapement, bimetallic balance, signed Omega Watch Co., no. 3078962, wound with integral key Dial: White enamel, minute ring enclosing roman chapters, pierced gilt leafy scroll hands Case: On rectangular veined marble base, conforming gilt plinth below short column with paw feet and ram's mask capital, set with cameo portrait medallion, supporting a ribbon tied circular bezel flanked by tasseled chains Size: 9 ¾ in (25cm) high FootnotesEdward F. Caldwell and his partner, Victor F. von Lossberg, a Russian artist founded the firm of Edward F. Caldwell and Company in New York City in 1895. Specializing in custom designed lighting fixtures and decorative metalwork, and clocks, Caldwell and Company worked with many of the most renowned architects of their day including, McKim, Mead and White, Carrère and Hastings, Horace Trumbauer and Cass Gilbert Caldwell lighting designs were included in most of the grand Beaux Arts mansions of the early twentieth century including those of Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, John Jacob Astor, J. Pierpont Morgan, Frederick W. Vanderbilt, and Henry Morrison Flagler. Public commissions included the magnificent chandeliers in the East Room ballroom and the State Dining Room of the White House, fixtures for the Boston Public Library, and elegant art deco chandeliers and wall sconces for Radio City Music Hall.