Cartier - Jewels: Online Auction Hong Kong Wednesday, July 5, 2023 | Phillips
    • Designed as nuts and bolts, the five movable nuts decorated with baguette diamonds, mounted in pink gold, signed Cartier, numbered, size 5½ to 6.

      Accompanied by a Cartier certificate of authenticity.

  • Artist Biography

    Cartier

    French

    With the Constitution of 1848 came a new standard for luxury in France. Founded one year prior by Louis-Francois Cartier, the house of Cartier was one of the first to use platinum in jewelry making. This incredibly expensive material became the stepping-stone for Cartier to experiment in form, mechanisms and attitude. It helped men move from pocket watches to wristwatches, effectively making the watch much more functional and prominent in a man's overall wardrobe.

    Cartier did not only touch on functionality. Inspired by a commissioned painting by George Barbier featuring a black panther at the feet of an elegantly bejeweled woman, Cartier began incorporating wild animals in his designs—most notably, Cartier Panthère rings, bangle bracelets and watches. Yet it wasn't until the late 1960s that the house of Cartier debuted their iconic yellow and rose gold LOVE collection, which includes the famous bracelet that only a special screwdriver can open. 

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Lot offered with No Reserve

Gold and Diamond Ring, 'Écrou de Cartier'

Designed as nuts and bolts, the five movable nuts decorated with baguette diamonds, mounted in pink gold, signed Cartier, numbered, size 5½ to 6.

Accompanied by a Cartier certificate of authenticity.

Estimate
HK$28,000 - 40,000 
$3,600-5,200

Sold for HK$50,800

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Charlene Lau
Head of Jewels, Hong Kong
+852 2318 2039
JewelleryHK@phillips.com

Jewels: Online Auction

5 - 12 July 2023