Cartier: A diamond line bracelet
circa 1910
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
Auction: 29 April 2025 from 14:00 BST
Description
Set with an articulated line of old brilliant-cut diamonds, each in millegrain box setting, to a concealed clasp, diamonds approx. 6.50 carats total, signed Cartier Paris, maker's mark dH, numbered, French assay mark, length 17.8cm
Provenance
Purchased by the vendor's family directly from Cartier in the early 20th century, hence by descent.
Footnote
Interestingly this bracelet is stamped with an unusual French “census mark” of a rhino's head which was normally reserved exclusively for gold bracelets. However, for one month only, from the 8th of April to the 8th of May 1910, it was used as a transitional mark for platinum before the introduction of the dog's head mark in 1912.