
Jacques Cartier in London famously championed the ‘humble’ aquamarine in the 1930s, pairing the stone with diamonds for an effect he considered suited to independent-minded women of the era.
The Jewellery sale at Chiswick Auctions on June 15 includes this pair of Cartier articulated pendant earrings set with a square-cut, stem-cut and oval-cut aquamarines with smaller old brilliant-cut diamonds. They have a guide of £3000-5000.