Lot Essay
Cf. Suzanne Tennenbaum and Janet Zapata, Jeweled Garden: A Colorful History of Gems, Jewels and Nature, The Vendome Press, New York, 2006, page 134
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IMPORTANT 20TH CENTURY JEWELS FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION
A PAIR OF GOLD AND DIAMOND "COCOA BEAN" EAR CLIPS, BY CARTIER
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A PAIR OF GOLD AND DIAMOND "COCOA BEAN" EAR CLIPS, BY CARTIER
Each designed as a flexible cluster of articulated gold cocoa beans with collet-set diamonds, to the polished gold and diamond surmount, mounted in gold and platinum, with French assay marks and importation marks, in a Cartier red leather case
Signed Cartier
Each designed as a flexible cluster of articulated gold cocoa beans with collet-set diamonds, to the polished gold and diamond surmount, mounted in gold and platinum, with French assay marks and importation marks, in a Cartier red leather case
Signed Cartier