This Cartier citrine and diamond brooch carries an estimate of £10,000-15,000 on the opening day of Stroud Auctions’ December 6-8 sale. Among a group of pieces entered by a local couple (descendants of the original buyer who was French), it is dated 1938 and epitomises the change from angular Art Deco in the ‘20s and ‘30s to the more graceful nature-inspired designs of the 1940s.
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