Description & Technical information
Each designed as a stylised shooting star, set with a cabochon sapphire within a partial border of circular-cut diamonds, its curving tail of scrolled gold accented with a line of channel-set calibré-cut sapphires.
One signed Cartier, the other unsigned, both numbered L8371, both stamped with French assay marks for 18 carat gold and platinum and indistinct French maker’s marks.
Length: 23 mm
Width: 12mm
Date: late 1940s
Period: 20th century
Origin: Paris, France
Medium: Sapphire, Diamond, gold
Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.2 cm (0⁷/₈ x 0¹/₂ inches)
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