the bird brooch modelled in the form of a cockatoo perched upon a branch, its head turned slightly right, the body formed by a carved oval emerald, the feather-engraved gold head and wing with pave diamond sections, the plume of gold wire head feathers terminating in round brilliant cut diamonds, an emerald set eye, two openwork gold wire tail feathers hanging down and set with a series of triangular collet emeralds, the branch formed of a line of corallium rubrum batons, baguette diamond claws, the cluster earrings each formed of principal carved emerald with three corallium rubrum batons below, within a pave diamond tapering scroll border, the curve extending to a spray of gold wires with diamond terminals, emulating the plume feathers of the bird brooch, mounted in yellow gold and platinum, each signed 'Cartier London', together with a case, accompanied by two IAJA Expertise reports no'd. XP1869-110924 for the bird and XP1870-110924 for the earrings, signed by Olivier Bachet & Bernhard Berger declaring that in their opinion these are both genuine Cartier items. Length of brooch 8cm / 3 1/8''
Length of earrings 2.5cm / 1'' Weight: 45g
Antique diamond and emerald heart pendant-brooch, c.1900, centred by an inverted pear shaped Colombian emerald to a pave set old brilliant cut diamond ground, open cut down collet set in platinum and yellow gold to back, wave pierced scroll gallery, hinged pendant loop to verso and with detachable brooch fitting accompanied by AGL report no. 1124775 giving a Colombian origin opinion for the emerald with insignificant oiling