Description & Technical information
Weight: 45g
The bird brooch modelled in the form of a cockatoo perched upon a branch, its head turned slightly right, the body formed by a carved oval emerald, the feather-engraved gold head and wing with pave diamond sections, the plume of gold wire head feathers terminating in round brilliant cut diamonds, an emerald set eye, two openwork gold wire tail feathers hanging down and set with a series of triangular collet emeralds, the branch formed of a line of corallium rubrum batons, baguette diamond claws, the cluster earrings each formed of principal carved emerald with three corallium rubrum batons below, within a pave diamond tapering scroll border, the curve extending to a spray of gold wires with diamond terminals, emulating the plume feathers of the bird brooch, mounted in yellow gold and platinum.
Length of brooch 8cm / 3 1/8''
Length of earrings 2.5cm / 1''
Origin: London
Medium: Emerald, Diamond, Corallium rubrum, Mounted in yellow gold and platinum
Signature: Each signed 'Cartier London', together with a case.
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