CARTIER, Années 1920-1930 - Lot 46

CARTIER, Années 1920-1930 Diary cover in 750 thousandths yellow gold, the grooved plates centered on an Indian-style enamel plate decorated with birds on flowering branches in red, yellow, green, white and sky blue on a dark blue background, highlighted with a black enamel border and rose-cut diamonds. Adorned with a sheath on the edge for its grooved 750 thousandths yellow gold mechanical pencil. Signed "Cartier Paris Londres New York", "Made in France" and numbered "01301". French work, diamond-shaped Workshop hallmark. Dimensions: 7.8x6.4cm. P. Gross weight: 99g. (Small enamel chips, slight scratches). Bibliography : - RUDOE, Judy, Cartier 1900-1939, Somogy Editions d'Art, Paris, 1997, p. 170, illustration 94 for a cigarette case model executed by Henri Lavabre featuring a similar enameled plate. The plate for this case came from an "Indian box" supplied by the Hungarian expert Imre Schwaiger, then buyer of Indian objets d'art and jewelry for the Maison Cartier. - ECKER, HENON-RAYNAUD, POSSÉMÉ and SCHLEUNING, Cartier et les Arts de l'Islam - Aux sources de la modernité, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 2021, p. 129 for an example of a nécessaire made by Cartier Paris in 1932, featuring a similar plate.