$514,000
Paris, designed in 1922. Executed with onyx and pearls. Detachable articulated pinecone form pendant, with 9 mm. saltwater pearl, seed pearl and diamond icicle fringe, suspends from seven onyx or diamond platinum links (the largest two are hinged), below a panel brooch in the Persian style. Diamond melee, approx. 12 cts. TW. Inscribed Cartier #0420, French marks for platinum. Revised and additionally set with an OEC diamond, approx. 2.90 cts., and two pear shaped diamonds, approx. 2 cts. TW. Retailed by Frank Pollak & Sons, New Literature: Rudoe, Judy, Cartier: 1900-1939, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. & The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997, pgs. 312-313; Vassallo, Nuno, Silva, E., et al. Cartier 1899-1949; Skira, The Journey of a Style, 2007, pgs. 198-199.
Auctioneer:
Rago Auctions
Date:
2015-12-06