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CARTIER ART DECO SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND SHIRT STUD
Lot 205Property from the Collection of May Bourne Strassburger

CARTIER ART DECO SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND SHIRT STUD

Closed8 December 2022

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CARTIER ART DECO SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND SHIRT STUD
Cushion-shaped cabochon sapphire of 4.31 carats, single-cut diamonds, platinum and 18k rose gold (French marks), circa 1925, signed Cartier Paris, numbered
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?AGL, 2022, report no. 1124712: 4.31 carats, Kashmir, no gemological evidence of heat, minor oil
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?Size/Dimensions: 0.9 x 0.7 cm ( 2⁄8 x 1/4 in)
?Gross Weight: 2.9 grams

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May Bourne Strassburger (1883 – 1959) was the eldest daughter of Frederick G. Bourne, the fifth president of the Singer Manufacturing Company. She married Ralph Beaver Strassburger, one of the founders of the Pennsylvania German Society in 1911. Together the Strassburgers traveled between their farm in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania and their homes in Paris, Deauville and Chantilly, France as well as Palm Beach, Florida. They were known as avid antique collectors and breeders of thoroughbred racehorses.

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