Live Auction 7885Jewels - The London Sale
A SAPPHIRE-SET POWDER COMPACT, BY CARTIER
Lot 137

A SAPPHIRE-SET POWDER COMPACT, BY CARTIER

Closed1 December 2010

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GBP 5,625

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A SAPPHIRE-SET POWDER COMPACT, BY CARTIER
The rectangular-shaped reeded case with baguette-cut sapphire sides and push-piece, opening to reveal a bevelled mirror and glazed compartment, 1950s, with French assay marks for gold, 7.9 x 6.1cm
Signed Cartier Paris, HC 85012

Specialist note

Cf. Cartier 1899-1949, Le Parcours D'un Style, Skira Editore, Milan, 2007, p. 171, cat. No. 193