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A SET OF EXCEPTIONAL RUBY AND DIAMOND JEWELLERY, MOUNTED BY CARTIER
Comprising a necklace, the front section composed of five graduated shield-shaped detachable motifs, each centering upon an oval-shaped ruby, on a raised mount set with rows of baguette-cut diamonds, oval-shaped rubies and brilliant-cut diamonds, to the baguette-cut diamond line details on top, and pavé-set diamond flexible backchain, a bangle centre (1 ruby deficient) of curved form and a pair of earrings with detachable pendants en suite, the five motifs on the necklace can be worn as individual brooches, 1951, necklace 40.0 cm, pendants/brooches 5.0 to 4.2 cm, earrings 6.1 cm, with French assay marks for platinum and gold
Signed Monture Cartier, nos. M9265, M9266 and N9932
Accompanied by report no. 60405 dated 29 August 2011 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the rubies are of Burmese origin (Mogok mine), with no indications of heating (10)
Comprising a necklace, the front section composed of five graduated shield-shaped detachable motifs, each centering upon an oval-shaped ruby, on a raised mount set with rows of baguette-cut diamonds, oval-shaped rubies and brilliant-cut diamonds, to the baguette-cut diamond line details on top, and pavé-set diamond flexible backchain, a bangle centre (1 ruby deficient) of curved form and a pair of earrings with detachable pendants en suite, the five motifs on the necklace can be worn as individual brooches, 1951, necklace 40.0 cm, pendants/brooches 5.0 to 4.2 cm, earrings 6.1 cm, with French assay marks for platinum and gold
Signed Monture Cartier, nos. M9265, M9266 and N9932
Accompanied by report no. 60405 dated 29 August 2011 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the rubies are of Burmese origin (Mogok mine), with no indications of heating (10)
Provenance
Lady Lydia Deterding (ex-lot 649, Christie's Geneva, 20 November 1980 'A Casket of Magnificent Jewels: The Collection of the late Lady Lydia Deterding', sold for Sfr. 1,320,000)
Literature
Cf. N. Coleno, Etourdissant Cartier, Editions du Regard, Paris, 2008, p. 193
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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