Cartier
Gold evening bag
Auction Closed
March 31, 02:38 PM GMT
Estimate
16,000 - 32,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Designed as a two tone gold mesh, the clasp enhanced with cabochon sapphires, to a curb link chain, opening to reveal two compartments and a leather lining.
- Measuring approximately 150 x 135mm, length 300mm
- Signed cartier, numbered
- French assay marks for 18 carta gold, maker's mark
- 1920s
- Gross weight 421.9 grams.
-Formerly in the collection of Carmen Saint
By descent to the current owners
-Private collection, Paris
Carmen Saint (Rio, 1917 – Paris, 2016), a Brazilian socialite who settled in Paris in 1943. She married Jorge Lage, then Daniel Saint. A friend of Hélène Rochas, Jacqueline Delubac, and Zozo de Ravenel, she was photographed by André Ostier, notably at the famous Bal des têtes. She is the mother of Betty Catroux.