Details
Cultured pearls, marquise and tapered baguette-cut diamonds, platinum and 18k white gold (French marks), 1950s, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, maker's mark (Robert Ehret), numbered

Diamonds: for an approximate total weight of 3.30 - 3.50 carats

Size/Dimensions: 2.1 cm high
Gross weight: 17.0 grams
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 20 November 2008, lot 1123
Literature
Cf. S. Raulet, Van Cleef & Arpels, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986, plate 206 'Parure de mariage de la Princesse Grace de Monaco (18 Avril 1956)', for a similar jewel. A very similar pair of ear-clips was given by H.R.H the Prince Rainier of Monaco to Grace Kelly as part of a parure on the occasion of their engagement in 1956.
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