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Cf. ad. a similar brooch was owned by Princess Grace of Monaco.
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AN ENAMEL AND GEM-SET NOVELTY BROOCH, BY CARTIER
Modelled as a black and white enamel ice-skating penguin, with gold hat, beak and skates with circular-shaped ruby eye detail, with London hallmarks for 18 carat gold, 1963, 3.2cm high
Signed Cartier, no. 1815, with maker's mark JC for Cartier
Modelled as a black and white enamel ice-skating penguin, with gold hat, beak and skates with circular-shaped ruby eye detail, with London hallmarks for 18 carat gold, 1963, 3.2cm high
Signed Cartier, no. 1815, with maker's mark JC for Cartier
Special Notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. Please be advised that a purchasers inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).
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