Attributed to Cartier, a fine Belle Epoque diamond choker necklace, circa 1907, centring on a ribbon
Attributed to Cartier, a fine Belle Epoque diamond choker necklace, circa 1907, centring on a ribbon bow suspending two tassels and a navette-shaped pendant, set with circular-cut and rose-cut diamonds, to a black velvet choker necklace bordered with rose-cut diamonds, mounted in millegrained platinum, length of necklace 30.5cm, length of central pendant 4.0cm, unsigned, clasp with French maker's mark GS with a spouted jug for Guillaume Saibène, stamped MD for 'Metaux Divers'
Cf.: Judy Rudoe, Cartier: 1900-1939, British Museum, 1997, catalogue no.11, p.83, for a sautoir produced by Saibène for Cartier Paris in 1907, and Christie's Geneva, May 2018, lot 109, for a Cartier choker necklace of very similar design