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A GOLD, NEPHRITE AND DIAMOND CIGARETTE CASE, BY CARTIER
Lot 13THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED CANADIAN LADY

A GOLD, NEPHRITE AND DIAMOND CIGARETTE CASE, BY CARTIER

Fermé13 November 2012

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A GOLD, NEPHRITE AND DIAMOND CIGARETTE CASE, BY CARTIER
The cylindrical rose gold case decorated with diamond rosaces and yellow gold wreaths, the lid decorated with nephrite and diamond push-piece, opening to reveal a compartment with clip-in nephrite and amber cigarette holder, both ends applied with nephrite and providing compartments for powder with mirrored lid or matches with strike-a-light, circa 1915, 11.0 cm, with French assay mark for gold
Signed Cartier Paris London New York, no. LV62

Note du spécialiste

Cf. J. Rudoe, Cartier 1900-1939, British Museum Press, London, 1997, p. 126 for case of similar model

La Collection Cartier: Objets précieux, Flammarion, Paris, 2011, p. 119 for the drawing of a similar case by Charles Jacqueau