Lot Essay
Cf. David Bennett & Daniela Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, Antique Collectors' Club (1989) p. 329, pl. 642 for a similar powder compact by Cartier
Details
An Art Deco diamond and enamel vanity case by Cartier
The rectangular ribbed exterior with white and blue enamel borders and canted corners applied with a multi-coloured enamel and nephrite central foliate panel in a rose-cut diamond frame, with a calibré-cut sapphire push-piece, the interior with fitted mirror, lipstick and powder compartments, circa 1925, 7.0cm. long, in fitted Cartier case
Signed by Cartier
The rectangular ribbed exterior with white and blue enamel borders and canted corners applied with a multi-coloured enamel and nephrite central foliate panel in a rose-cut diamond frame, with a calibré-cut sapphire push-piece, the interior with fitted mirror, lipstick and powder compartments, circa 1925, 7.0cm. long, in fitted Cartier case
Signed by Cartier