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Art Deco diamond set geometric double clip brooch by Cartier, each side incorporating stylized scrolls and with Persianesque flame detail, fanning ends giving a bow-tie effect, of shaped oblong overall outline, each clip with principal rectangular diamond, fancy triangular and square cuts to the central adjoining edge, round brilliant cut diamonds to the remainder, signed to each ‘CARTIER’
Cabochon amethyst, enamel, diamond and gold ring by Strauss, Allard & Meyer, Paris, suppliers to the top jewelry houses, bought by family repute from Mauboussin, the principal sugarloaf cabochon amethyst of cut-corner rectangular outline, collet set and skirted by a gold border with lilac and black enameled geometric pattern, to each shoulder a black enameled rod-strut with cabochon amethyst terminal and rose cut diamond roundel border, gold shank, French workshop mark. The workshop mark for this ring is for Strauss, Allard & Meyer, the Parisian firm who specialized in fine jeweled cigarette cases and accessories, and were regular suppliers to many major jewelry houses throughout the 1920s including Lacloche Frères, Van Cleef & Arpels and Cartier. An example of this same ring design has been found also to have been retailed by Cartier Paris.
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