Cartier: A sapphire line bracelet
circa 1910
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
Auction: 29 April 2025 from 14:00 BST
Description
The line of French-cut sapphires, each in a tension-setting, signed Cartier Paris, maker's mark GA for Andrey, French assay marks, numbered, length 18.4cm
Accompanied by a Cartier case.
The sapphires have been examined by GCS and a random sample has been assessed as being of mixed origin, Burmese and Basaltic, with no indications of heating. Accompanied by a Cartier case.
Provenance
Purchased by the vendor's family directly from Cartier in the early 20th century, hence by descent.
Footnote
The Parisian workshop of Andrey was one of the primary suppliers to Cartier, particularly of gem-set and platinum jewellery from 1900-into the 1920s.