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PROPERTY FROM THE BLAIR FAMILY COLLECTION
AN ART DECO DIAMOND AND ENAMEL CLIP-WATCH, BY CARTIER
Details
AN ART DECO DIAMOND AND ENAMEL CLIP-WATCH, BY CARTIER
Of manual movement, the single-cut diamond rectangular dial with black enamel Roman numerals, blue steeled hands and single-cut diamond crown, within a single-cut diamond and black enamel surround, with rose-cut diamond stem, 1935, 1 1/8 ins., mounted in platinum
Signed Cartier, no. 449
Accompanied by a copy of the original receipt, an insurance appraisal and a letter from Cartier
Of manual movement, the single-cut diamond rectangular dial with black enamel Roman numerals, blue steeled hands and single-cut diamond crown, within a single-cut diamond and black enamel surround, with rose-cut diamond stem, 1935, 1 1/8 ins., mounted in platinum
Signed Cartier, no. 449
Accompanied by a copy of the original receipt, an insurance appraisal and a letter from Cartier
Provenance
Purchased from Cartier New York, 30 November 1935, for $1,290.00
Further Details
Based on the Blair family archives, it appears that this watch was a replacement for a similar watch brooch purchased in 1928 and stolen in a much publicized jewel robbery at the Blairs' Long Island estate in 1935.