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AN ELEGANT BELLE EPOQUE DIAMOND BOW BROOCH, BY CARTIER
The old mine and old European-cut diamond ribbon bow, gathered by a central old mine-cut diamond, suspending a detachable seed pearl tassel, enhanced by an openwork rose-cut diamond floral cap, with knife-edge detail and ruby simulant accents, mounted in platinum-topped gold, (several rose-cut diamonds deficient), circa 1900, in a Cartier red leather case
Bow brooch signed Cartier (2)
The old mine and old European-cut diamond ribbon bow, gathered by a central old mine-cut diamond, suspending a detachable seed pearl tassel, enhanced by an openwork rose-cut diamond floral cap, with knife-edge detail and ruby simulant accents, mounted in platinum-topped gold, (several rose-cut diamonds deficient), circa 1900, in a Cartier red leather case
Bow brooch signed Cartier (2)
Provenance
Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (1845-1934)
Literature
Hans Nadelhoffer, Cartier: Jewelers Extraordinary, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1984, page 47