Jewel of the Month November 2010

Duchess of Windsor Collection

Sothebys Auction - 30th November 2010

Cartier Flamingo Diamond Clip

1,000,000—1,500,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 1,721,250 GBP

Jewel of the Month November 2010 is designed as a flamingo in a characteristic pose, the plumage set with calibré-cut emeralds, rubies and sapphires, the beak set with a cabochon citrine and sapphire, the eye set with a similarly cut sapphire, the head, neck, body and hinged legs pavé-set with circular-, brilliant- and single-cut diamonds, measuring approximately 95mm x 65mm x 22mm, signed to the clasp MONTURE Cartier and indistinctly numbered, French assay and maker's marks.

Please see the Sotheby's PDF for more detailed information on the exceptional jewels and precious objects of the Duchess of Windsor collection for auction in London.

In case you were wondering who created the Flamingo Clip; Jeanne Toussaint, Director of Cartier High Jewelry in 1933, a woman of imagination and exquisite excellence, and nicknamed the "Panther" by Louis Cartier, was involved in the creation of the famous wrap around diamond and onyx panther bracelet, (also up for auction) and also involved in the creation of this magnificent large multi-jewel Flamingo Clip. Every new idea, had first to be submitted to Toussaint's merciless judgement. Mounted by Cartier, the Flamingo Clip was Designed by the master Jewelry designer, Peter Lemarchand.

Jewel of the Month November 2010 and Sotheby's Auction Details Can Be Found Here...

The Duchess of Windsor is known to have worn the Flamingo brooch soon after acquiring it, when she is recorded in a photograph with the Duke wearing it as they arrived at the Ritz Hotel, Madrid, on his forty-sixth birthday on 23rd June 1940. [Michael Bloch, Operation Willi, 2nd p. of photographs after p.82].

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