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A LADY'S ART DECO DIAMOND AND PEARL WRISTWATCH BY CARTIER
The rectangular dial with baguette and eight-cut diamond surround and rose-cut diamond crown, with pearl four-row bracelet to diamond four-stone spacers and rock crystal and diamond buckle clasp, with French marks, circa 1928, 18.0cm. long
Dial signed by Cartier, France, Case No. 18276, 2623, 26859
Movement signed European Watch & Clock Co. Inc.
Provenance: Bought in 1928 from Cartier, New York by Solomon R. Guggenheim, founder of the Guggenheim Museum, for his wife Irene. It was originally two pieces, a watch on a moiré silk bracelet and a bracelet of pearls and diamonds, which were specially combined for him. It was later inherited by Eleanor May, the eldest daughter of S. R. Guggenheim, who married the 7th Earl Castle Stewart
$12,400-15,500
The rectangular dial with baguette and eight-cut diamond surround and rose-cut diamond crown, with pearl four-row bracelet to diamond four-stone spacers and rock crystal and diamond buckle clasp, with French marks, circa 1928, 18.0cm. long
Dial signed by Cartier, France, Case No. 18276, 2623, 26859
Movement signed European Watch & Clock Co. Inc.
Provenance: Bought in 1928 from Cartier, New York by Solomon R. Guggenheim, founder of the Guggenheim Museum, for his wife Irene. It was originally two pieces, a watch on a moiré silk bracelet and a bracelet of pearls and diamonds, which were specially combined for him. It was later inherited by Eleanor May, the eldest daughter of S. R. Guggenheim, who married the 7th Earl Castle Stewart
$12,400-15,500