A gem-set snowdrop brooch
Austrian, circa 1900
the elliptical platinum penannular brooch set with sapphires and diamonds, terminating in cabochon sapphires.
Signed ‘Cartier, Paris, Londres’
Numbered: 99415.
3.3cm across
This brooch is one of small series produced in the 1920’s by Cartier in Paris, inspired by ancient Greco-Roman examples.
For an illustration of a similar design from Cartier see Cartier: Jewelers Extraordinary, Nadelhoffer, Hans, page 195 (Great Britain, 1984).
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