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AN AMUSING MULTI-COLOURED ENAMEL SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS CHARM BRACELET
The oval link chain suspending multi-coloured enamel charms of Sneezy, Doc, Sleepy, Bashful, Snow White, Dopey, Grumpy and Happy, circa 1940, 19.0cm. long
Signed by Cartier
Cf: Proddow and Healy, American Jewelry: Glamour and Tradition, Rizzoli, New York, 1987, p. 149
Christie's New York, Important Jewels, 13 June 1990, lot 14
By the late 1940s Walt Disney and his characters had become a part of American popular culture. The film Fantasia opened in New York in 1940 and encouraged a flood of Disney inspired jewels. Cartier created a series of gold and enamelled charm bracelets depicting various members of Disney's colourful cast.
The oval link chain suspending multi-coloured enamel charms of Sneezy, Doc, Sleepy, Bashful, Snow White, Dopey, Grumpy and Happy, circa 1940, 19.0cm. long
Signed by Cartier
Cf: Proddow and Healy, American Jewelry: Glamour and Tradition, Rizzoli, New York, 1987, p. 149
Christie's New York, Important Jewels, 13 June 1990, lot 14
By the late 1940s Walt Disney and his characters had become a part of American popular culture. The film Fantasia opened in New York in 1940 and encouraged a flood of Disney inspired jewels. Cartier created a series of gold and enamelled charm bracelets depicting various members of Disney's colourful cast.