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A BELLE EPOQUE DIAMOND AND ROCK CRYSTAL BOW BROOCH, BY CARTIER
Designed as a sculpted rock crystal double-bow with carved floral decoration and old mine-cut diamond detail, with a collet-set diamond trim and fringe, centering upon an old European-cut diamond knot, within a two-tiered collet-set diamond surround, suspending a detachable pear-shaped carved rock crystal pendant, within an openwork collet-set diamond scrolled border, accented by old European and old mine-cut diamonds and diamond drops, mounted in platinum, circa 1910, with French assay marks, in a Cartier red leather fitted case
Signed Cartier, Paris
Designed as a sculpted rock crystal double-bow with carved floral decoration and old mine-cut diamond detail, with a collet-set diamond trim and fringe, centering upon an old European-cut diamond knot, within a two-tiered collet-set diamond surround, suspending a detachable pear-shaped carved rock crystal pendant, within an openwork collet-set diamond scrolled border, accented by old European and old mine-cut diamonds and diamond drops, mounted in platinum, circa 1910, with French assay marks, in a Cartier red leather fitted case
Signed Cartier, Paris
Literature
Judith Price, Masterpieces of Twentieth Century French Jewelry from American Collections, Running Press, Philadelphia, 2006, page 59
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