Adam's Fine Jewellery & Watches Tuesday May 14th 2019

40 T uesday 14 th M ay 2019 52 A GOLD AND DIAMOND ‘COFFEE BEAN’ DEMI-PARURE, BY CARTIER, CIRCA 1955 The pair of earclips composed of textured motifs designed as coffee beans, each highlighted with a collet-set round brilliant-cut diamond, together with an articulated pendent brooch of similar design with rope-twist details, mounted in 18K gold, each signed Cartier London, maker’s marks ‘JC’, English hallmarks for ‘London 1954-55’, numbered, earclip length 5.3cm, brooch length 8cm € 6,000 - 8,000 For additional information on Cartier’s ‘Coffee Bean’ jewellery, see ‘Amazing Cartier: Jewelry Design Since 1937’, Nadine Coleno, pp. 138- 141.The same brooch is illustrated in this book along with other coffee bean pieces of similar design. © Photo Credit : Cartier: :Le Style et l’Histoire, p. 343