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Sold to benefit The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy. The centre was founded in 1976 to offer young people with special needs a unique education where the horse is at the heart of the training.
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AN ART DECO PEARL NECKLACE, BY CARTIER
The graduated twin-row necklace comprising 115 and 110 pearls measuring 7.2-2.4 mm. diameter, to the Art Deco diamond panel clasp, circa 1930, 49.0 cm. long, in original Cartier red leather pouch
Signed Cartier, London, No. 841
Accompanied by report No. 981207 dated 24 August 2006, from the Precious Stone Laboratory, London, stating that the pearls were found to be natural
The graduated twin-row necklace comprising 115 and 110 pearls measuring 7.2-2.4 mm. diameter, to the Art Deco diamond panel clasp, circa 1930, 49.0 cm. long, in original Cartier red leather pouch
Signed Cartier, London, No. 841
Accompanied by report No. 981207 dated 24 August 2006, from the Precious Stone Laboratory, London, stating that the pearls were found to be natural
Provenance
The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire DCVO, given to her late sister the Hon. Mrs. Jackson (née Pamela Mitford) by her husband Professor Derek Jackson in the late 1930s.
Literature
Country Life, 12 October 2006, p. 81
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.