Jewellery and Watches

Live Auction, 22 November 2010

Session 1

Sold for

ZAR 26 736
Lot 27
  • Diamond ring


Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 26 736

About this Item

Diamond ring
of bombé open work design, set with graduated lines of old-cut and brilliant-cut diamonds, size O½, the shank engraved with the number 30009

Notes

cf. Sotheby's, London, Antique and Contemporary Jewels, 13 June 2007, Lot 216, where a similar ring, made by Cartier in 1995, was sold.  According to the vendor, The Countess of Kenmare, her mother, commissioned Cartier to make this ring for her on the occassion of her engagement to Frank O'Neill, in 1948.

Provenance

The Hon. Patricia Cavendish.



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