Jewellery and Watches
Live Auction, 22 November 2010
Session 1
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
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.