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MOUNTED BY CARTIER: PAIR OF HARDSTONE CAMEOS, CIRCA 1870

11 December 2025, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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MOUNTED BY CARTIER: PAIR OF HARDSTONE CAMEOS, CIRCA 1870

The banded agate cameos carved in low relief to depict the masks of Comedy and Tragedy, gilt-mounted into a velvet display easel, the reverse lined with moire silk, cameo diameters 2.3cm, mount 7.7cm x 11.9cm, stand verso gilt-embossed Cartier, 9. Bd des Italiens

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The address embossed on the reverse of this easel refers to Cartier's premises at 9 Boulevard des Italiens, from where the business operated between 1859-1899. In 1859, Louis François Cartier (1819-1904) purchased both the lease and stock of Gillion at 9 Boulevard des Italiens. By this time, Louis had already received his first commission from Empress Eugénie. The business was primarily a retailer of both jewellery and objets d'art during this period, until the end of the 19th century when Louis' son, Alfred (1841-1925), moved Cartier to 13 Rue de la Paix.

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