The pendant "designed as a carved openwork jadeite plaque of foliate motif to the circular-cut diamond surmount and demi-surround" was adapted from a clip brooch made around 1930, signed Cartier and sold at Christies in 2011. The pearl necklace was a later adaption. The unsigned Art Deco jade and diamond earrings with "old brilliant-cut diamond scroll surmount suspending a jade plaque finely carved with floral motifs" were made in the 1920s and surprisingly not sold at Christies together with the pendant, but a year later. Large girandole earrings, the first photo is undated, the second was published in »Tatler« in July 1928. As Catherine the Great in a theatre performance in May 1927. The appliqués on her dress all fake of course. Her pearl necklaces could be the ones worn for the »Vogue« photo shooting in 1928. The earrings might not be costume jewellery as well.
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