A RETRO SAPPHIRE-SET BANGLE, BY CARTIER
The central polished gold elongated bombé panel channel-set with a series of rectangular-cut sapphires flanked by two opposing reeded gold sprung hinges with openwork shoulders to the similarly decorated cuff, circa 1940, internal diameter 5.2cm
Signed Cartier London, no.1009
Cf.Coudert, Passos Leite, Rainero, Remy, Rudoe, Vassallo e Silva., Cartier 1899-1949, Le Parcours d'un style 2007, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, page 216 for a bracelet of similar design