Cartier
Diamond Bracelet
Lot closes
June 3, 04:30 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Starting Bid
30,000 GBP
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Description
The highly articulated, openwork panel millegrain-set with old brilliant-cut diamonds, on a black cord with rose-cut diamond rondelles.
- Length approximately 160mm.
- Signed Cartier, maker's mark for Henri Picq.
- French assay marks
- Mounted in platinum
- Circa 1920
- Gross weight approximately 17.0 grams.
The articulation of the openwork panel mimics the fluidity afforded to the piece by the cord strap of the bracelet, showcasing the considered craftsmanship synonymous with Henri Picq.
Picq’s workshop in the Marais, Paris, was responsible for some of the most exemplary designs of the period. Working largely, though not exclusively, for Cartier, they pioneered the use of novel materials and executed some of Cartier’s most avant-garde designs. It was Picq, for example, who produced the first of the steel and diamond diadems of the 1910s.
For a bracelet of near identical design, see Sotheby's London, 2019, Lot 374, belonging to Annie Pearson, née Cass, 1st Viscountess Cowdray (1860-1932), and Agnes Beryl Pearson, née Spencer Churchill, 2nd Viscountess Cowdray, sold for £175,000.
See also, Sotheby's Geneva, 2018, Lot 441, a bracelet of similar design belonging to Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough, sold for 218,750 CHF.