A circa 1930’s diamond necklace by Cartier, composed of two rows of graduated old cushion-cut diamonds to front, to a trio of old pear-shaped diamonds suspended by a graduated cushion-cut...

A circa 1930’s diamond necklace by Cartier, composed of two rows of graduated old cushion-cut diamonds to front, to a trio of old pear-shaped diamonds suspended by a graduated cushion-cut diamonds each within a squared collet setting, to a clasp set with a duo of old pear-shaped diamonds, the centre diamond absent, within an 18 carat gold setting, diamonds approx. 47 carat total, French assay marks, indistinct makers mark, signed Cartier, Paris, length approx. 38.5cm Provence: The Cahen d'Anvers Family, Champs, France and thence by decent. The Cahen d’Anvers were the most noteworthy and wealthy Jewish banking family in France during the fin-de-siècle. They were influential and dedicated to collecting art of the French eighteenth century. The family commissioned Pierre Augusta Renoir to paint portraits of three of the Cahen d’Anvers young daughters. The first portrait of the eldest daughter Irene was completed in 1880 to much applause, the second painting of both Alice and Elizabeth, famously known as Pink and Blue was completed in 1881, controversially the portrait of the two young girls did not meet the family’s approval and was banished to the servant’s quarter for them to enjoy.

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