The tapered woven seed pearl bracelet decorated with three onyx spheres inset with circular-cut diamonds, spaced by single-cut diamond rondelles, the clasp millegrain-set with single-cut diamonds and calibre-cut onyx, length approximately 180mm, signed Cartier and numbered, two small diamonds deficient.

Cf: Judy Rudoe, Cartier, 1900-1939, London, 1997, plate 246, page 303, for a&n♔bsp;similar bracelet.

Metal tested as platinum. Signed on clasp, indistinctly numbered 2(3)0. Later safety chain. Onyx in good condition. Diamonds bright and lively. Seed pearls of creamy white body colour. Two small diamonds deficient. Minor traces of glue around string terminals. Signs of normal wear to the metal, minor scratches commensurate with age. In good condition.
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