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
Yellow gold and diamond leaf scroll strap bracelet by Cartier, New York, slightly bombe form alternating pave diamond scrolls with reeded gold leaf scrolls,
Early 20th century single stone sapphire, pearl and diamond pendant by Cartier, Paris c.1910, workshop mark of Henri Picq, together with a diamond set necklace, the pendant set with a round cut Ceylon sapphire 14.65ct,