A coral, diamond and pearl tiara by Cartier, designed as two rows of graduating coral tablets, each tablet centering upon a diamond-set detail of star motif, set along the top with a series of graduating pearls and collet-set diamonds, flanked on each side by single and old-cut diamond festoons.
The tiara was part of the Metropolitan Opera Guild Collection and sold with other items from the collection in June 2017 to raise money for the company. The tiara was estimated USD 200.000 - 300.000 and sold for USD 775.000.
Christie's
And again for the rare material rather than the design itself, but equally beautiful:
Rare steel and diamond tiara, Cartier, circa 1912, of scallop design, the curved blackened steel band bordered at the top with two rows of circular-cut diamonds, the bottom decorated with a line of similarly cut stones and palmette motifs set with circular- and single-cut diamonds, both ends of scroll design similarly set.
Sold for USD 536.165 in 2015.
Sotheby's
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