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US$25,000-33,000
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AN EXQUISITE ROCK CRYSTAL, DIAMOND AND PEARL PENDENT NECKLACE, BY CARTIER
Set with a central pear-shaped carved rock crystal plaque with diamond inset, and old European-cut diamond surround, suspending a diamond capped pearl drop, to the diamond-set shoulders and black cord with a sliding motif of similar design, circa 1910, pearl drop replaced, with French assay marks, 61.0 cm.
Signed by Cartier, London, Paris, New York
Cf. Hans Nadelhoffer, "Cartier Jewellers Extraordinary", Thames and Hudson, 1984, colour plate 25 for a similar piece
Set with a central pear-shaped carved rock crystal plaque with diamond inset, and old European-cut diamond surround, suspending a diamond capped pearl drop, to the diamond-set shoulders and black cord with a sliding motif of similar design, circa 1910, pearl drop replaced, with French assay marks, 61.0 cm.
Signed by Cartier, London, Paris, New York
Cf. Hans Nadelhoffer, "Cartier Jewellers Extraordinary", Thames and Hudson, 1984, colour plate 25 for a similar piece