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CARTIER Paris.circa 1960.18ct yellow gold bird brooch with sapphires and diamonds

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18ct yellow gold brooch designed as a bird perched on a branch with engraved details set with a panel of diamonds, a sapphire eye and further sapphire accents Cartier, Paris circa 1960

House/Maker

Cartier, Paris

Period

circa 1960

Origin

Paris, France

Gemstones

4 round-cut sapphires 0.80ct approx

12 brilliant-cut diamonds 0.30ct approx

Setting

18ct yellow gold and platinum signed Cartier Paris and numbered 05576 with French assay and maker's marks

Weight

15.00gm

Dimensions

3.50cm

Condition Report

Normal signs of wear otherwise very good

Literature

See 'Amazing Cartier: Jewelry design sine 1937' by Nadine Coleno which has a whole section devoted to Cartier's 'Winged Animals' pp.28 – 44 and a very similar example can be found in on p38 made by Cartier in 1958.

Our Ref

BRO117081AM

Price

£9,850.00

In detail

18ct yellow gold brooch designed as a bird perched on a branch with engraved details set with a panel of diamonds, a sapphire eye and further sapphire accents Cartier, Paris circa 1960