Lot 34
  • 34

minaudière en pierres précieuses et or 9cts, Londres, 1937, et poudrier en or et saphirs, vers 1960

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • minaudière en pierres précieuses et or 9cts, Londres, 1937, et poudrier en or et saphirs, vers 1960
  • gold, diamonds, precious stones
  • Long. 11,5 cm ; 4 1/2 in, 7,4 cm ; 2 7/8 in
la minaudière, à ouverture double, à décor de croix enchaînées bordé de franges, le poussoir en diamants taillés en rose, inscrite Cartier London, numérotée 381, poinçon de maître ; le poudrier en or rouge, le couvercle gravé de rayons de soleil émanant du poussoir lui-même orné de saphirs imitant des jacinthes stylisées, le couvercle doublé d'un miroir; poinçon de maître apparemment MC dans un losange vertical, numéroté 147

the vanity case, double opening, decorated with a pattern of linked crosses within fringed borders, applied rose diamond thumbpieces, inscribed Cartier London, numbered 381, maker's mark ; the compact of red gold, the lid, with sunray engraving springing from the thumbpiece applied in high relief with sapphire-set stylised bluebells, lid mirror-lined, maker's mark apparently MC in a vertical lozenge, numbered 147  

Condition

both in good condition, although 1st one is lacking mirror inside lid.
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