with polished corallium drops forming the thorax and long abdomen, an onyx bead forming the head, a playful cluster of diamond set and textured gold wings about the body, gold legs and antennae, diamond set eyes, mounted in 18ct yellow gold and platinum, signed 'Cartier', '18K' (for 18ct gold), serial number 57787, 'MADE IN FRANCE', approximately 2.25cts of diamonds in all, accompanied by IAJA Expertise report no. XP1877-070924 signed by Olivier Bachet & Bernhard Berger declaring that in their opinion this is a 'genuine Cartier item' from Cartier New York.
Example illustrated:
'Amazing Cartier. Jewelry Design since 1937' by Nadine Coleno, Flammarion, Paris, English language edtion 2009, pp.46 and 47. Length 6.5cm / 2�''
Height 5.8cm / 2� Weight: 20g
Antique pearl and diamond corsage brooch, c.1900, attributed to Boucheron, formerly belonging to Mrs Flora Sassoon (1859-1936), designed as a stylised flowering gingko, converting for wear as a pendant-necklace,
Pair of mid-20th century diamond radiating cluster earrings by Cartier, New York, special order, 1943, of stylised floral and foliate design, each centred by a principal old cushion cut diamond, approximately 2.25ct & 1.90ct,