A TORTOISESHELL COMB AND A GOLD VINAIGRETTE, BY CARTIER
Lot 21 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A TORTOISESHELL COMB AND A GOLD VINAIGRETTE, BY CARTIER

Closed2 December 2009

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GBP 2,250

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A TORTOISESHELL COMB AND A GOLD VINAIGRETTE, BY CARTIER
The blonde tortoiseshell comb with applied coral and diamond finial with reeded decoration to the plain blonde tortoiseshell holder, circa 1930, 9.7 cm long, in a Cartier fitted case; the vinaigrette modelled as a gold 'plug' with engine-turned motif and articulated handle, 3.1 cm diameter, London hallmarks for 9 carat gold, 1955, in Cartier fitted case
Both with maker's mark JC for Cartier (2)

Specialist note

Cf. Cartier 1899-1949, Le Parcours d'un style, Gulbenkian Foundation Exhibition catalogue, 2007, p. 164, no. 177