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SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DODI AL FAYED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR'S GOLD, RUBY AND SAPPHIRE PENDANT NECKLACE, BY CARTIER
Details
THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR'S GOLD, RUBY AND SAPPHIRE PENDANT NECKLACE, BY CARTIER
Suspending a square-cut ruby Latin cross, a polished gold Latin cross and a square-cut sapphire Latin cross, from a gold oval link neckchain, mounted in silver and gold, (ruby pendant inscribed 'David Wallis 23-6-35', gold pendant inscribed 'Wallis 15-11-34', sapphire pendant inscribed '22-9-35 David Wallis St Wolfgang', 25 ins.
Ruby and sapphire pendants signed Cartier Paris
Suspending a square-cut ruby Latin cross, a polished gold Latin cross and a square-cut sapphire Latin cross, from a gold oval link neckchain, mounted in silver and gold, (ruby pendant inscribed 'David Wallis 23-6-35', gold pendant inscribed 'Wallis 15-11-34', sapphire pendant inscribed '22-9-35 David Wallis St Wolfgang', 25 ins.
Ruby and sapphire pendants signed Cartier Paris
Provenance
From the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's home in the Bois de Boulogne
Sold Sotheby's Geneva, 2-3 April 1987, lot 38
Sold Sotheby's Geneva, 2-3 April 1987, lot 38
Literature
John Culme and Nicholas Rayner, "The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor", Rizzoli, New York, 1987, page 127