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A RETRO DIAMOND CUPID BROOCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Designed as a sculpted pavé-set diamond dancing cupid, with outstretched arms holding a trillion and baguette-cut diamond arrow in one hand and a single and baguette-cut diamond bow in the other, to the rose-cut diamond head, enhanced by a circular-cut diamond halo, tapered baguette-cut diamond wings, diamond collet belt and vari-cut diamond sash, mounted in platinum and 14k white gold, (one diamond deficient), circa early 1940's
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels (partially indistinct), N.Y., no. 10242
Designed as a sculpted pavé-set diamond dancing cupid, with outstretched arms holding a trillion and baguette-cut diamond arrow in one hand and a single and baguette-cut diamond bow in the other, to the rose-cut diamond head, enhanced by a circular-cut diamond halo, tapered baguette-cut diamond wings, diamond collet belt and vari-cut diamond sash, mounted in platinum and 14k white gold, (one diamond deficient), circa early 1940's
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels (partially indistinct), N.Y., no. 10242
Literature
Penny Proddow, "American Jewelry: Glamour and Tradition", Rizzoli, New York, 1987, page 147