Live Auction 1360Property of a Distinguished European Collector
A PAIR OF CULTURED PEARL AND DIAMOND EAR CLIPS, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Lot 1123

A PAIR OF CULTURED PEARL AND DIAMOND EAR CLIPS, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

Closed20 November 2008

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A PAIR OF CULTURED PEARL AND DIAMOND EAR CLIPS, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Each set with a cultured pearl measuring from 9.8 to 9.7 mm, within a tapered baguette and marquise-cut diamond scrolling border, 2.2 cm long, with French assay marks for platinum and gold, in a Van Cleef & Arpels brown suede case
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, no. 76763

Specialist note

Cf. Sylvie Raulet, Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, (1986), plate 206 'Parure de mariage de la Princesse Grace de Monaco (18 Avril 1956)', for a similar piece


A very similar pair of ear clips was given by H.R.H the Prince Rainier of Monaco to Grace Kelly as part of a parure on the occasion of their engagement in 1956.