Cartier
Amethyst and Diamond Wreath Brooch
Lot Closed
June 3, 01:15 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
Set with calibré-cut amethysts and millégrain-set old brilliant-cut diamonds.
- Measuring approximately 39mm
- Signed Cartier Paris, numbered
- Mounted in gold and platinum
- Circa 1905
- Gross weight approximately 7.0 grams
By family repute, given as a gift by Ernest Cassel to Eleanor Bullard (nee Crisp) upon her marriage in 1905
Thence by decent
Sir Ernest Cassel (1852–1921) was a German-born British banker and philanthropist who became one of the most powerful financiers of his era and one of the wealthiest men in Britain. Arriving in England at 16, he built a vast fortune financing railways, mining ventures, and infrastructure projects across Europe, the Americas, and Egypt. He was a trusted adviser to King Edward VII and grandfather of Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma.