Rectangular-cut aquamarine vase, oval-, circular- and marquise-cut coloured sapphires of various yellow, orange, mauve, purple and blue hues, cushion-cut rubies, old- and single-cut diamonds, circa 1950, signed Cartier London, numbered

Size/Dimensions: 3.6 x 3.0 cm
Gross Weight: 15.9 grams

Formerly the property of Esmé (née Harmsworth), Countess of Cromer (1922 - 2011)

Her father was the second Viscount Rothermere and her first husband was the third Earl of Cromer, who was born into the Baring banking family. He was British Ambassador in Washington during Edward Heath’s premiership and later Governor of the Bank of England.
A former Lady of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth II, artist and author, she was the co-chairman of the Founding Council of The Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford for the study of the United States.
This brooch was a gift from Lady Cromer to the current vendor.

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