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18ct gold, gem-set and enamel 'Blackamoor' brooch, Cartier,…
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18ct gold, gem-set and enamel 'Blackamoor' brooch, Cartier, Paris, circa 1938, the face applied with black enamel, the ears accented with articulated pearl earrings the head supporting a turban applied with cream enamel bet ween fluted dividers set to the front with a sarpech decorated with a rose diamonds surmounted by a Persian turquoise topknot, approximately 38 mm, signed Cartier, Paris, French maker's marks, numbered #05980, enamel deficient. Provenance;Marjorie Merriweather post, United States of America;private collection, acquired from the above;Literature;Judy Rudoe, Cartier 1900-1939, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1 February 1997, p. 24 (illustrated, another example);Melissa Gabardi, Les Bijoux de l'Art Deco aux Annees 40, L'Amateur, Paris, 1986, p. 202 (illustrated, another example) . Vogue editor Diana Vreeland noted in her memoirs: 'My Little Blackamoor Heads Were the Chic of Paris in the Late 30s. When I Moved to New York, I Made Arrangements For Paris Cartier to Sell Them to the New York Cartier, and All I Can Tell You Is That the Race Across the Ocean Was Something Fierce.
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Jewellery: Brooches