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CARTIER
BIRD'S NEST CLIP
Cabochon sapphires and emeralds, pearls, baguette diamonds and triangles
18k (750) gold and 950 platinum
Signed and numbered - Poinçon de maître
Circa 1944
Dim.: 5 x 3 cm approx. - Pb. 23 g
In the mid-twentieth century, the bird motif was very popular in jewelry during and after the Second World War, as a powerful symbol of freedom and hope, escaping the heaviness of these troubled times.
The great jewellery houses all represent it, from Van Cleef & Arpels and Mauboussin to Marchak, Chaumet and Cartier. The bird's natural beauty inspires designers to depict it realistically, articulated, in flight, on a branch or in a cage.
Gathered in their nests, birds represent the family, an attachment value that was all the more important in the 1940s.
A sapphire, emerald, diamond, pearl and gold clip, stamped and signed Cartier
BIRD'S NEST CLIP
Cabochon sapphires and emeralds, pearls, baguette diamonds and triangles
18k (750) gold and 950 platinum
Signed and numbered - Poinçon de maître
Circa 1944
Dim.: 5 x 3 cm approx. - Pb. 23 g
In the mid-twentieth century, the bird motif was very popular in jewelry during and after the Second World War, as a powerful symbol of freedom and hope, escaping the heaviness of these troubled times.
The great jewellery houses all represent it, from Van Cleef & Arpels and Mauboussin to Marchak, Chaumet and Cartier. The bird's natural beauty inspires designers to depict it realistically, articulated, in flight, on a branch or in a cage.
Gathered in their nests, birds represent the family, an attachment value that was all the more important in the 1940s.
A sapphire, emerald, diamond, pearl and gold clip, stamped and signed Cartier