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A NOVELTY BROOCH, BY CARTIER
Modelled as a pair of 'lovebirds', each with either a cabochon sapphire or emerald-set head, raised on engraved ruffled feather bodies, with further sapphire and emerald-set wings and tails; with an adjoining bird alongside, its pavé-set diamond head turned with sapphire eye and wing detail, all resting on chased curving boughs with diamond-set terminals, circa 1950, French marks for platinum and gold, 6.6cm wide
Signed Cartier Paris, no.08715
Modelled as a pair of 'lovebirds', each with either a cabochon sapphire or emerald-set head, raised on engraved ruffled feather bodies, with further sapphire and emerald-set wings and tails; with an adjoining bird alongside, its pavé-set diamond head turned with sapphire eye and wing detail, all resting on chased curving boughs with diamond-set terminals, circa 1950, French marks for platinum and gold, 6.6cm wide
Signed Cartier Paris, no.08715
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