A Cartier sapphire and diamond brooch designed as a single bloom of cherry blossom, £80,000-120,000 at Dawsons.
Dated to the 1930s, the central stone is a cushion-shape Kashmir sapphire with an ‘intense true blue’ colouration, with an estimated weight of 7ct. The petals are set throughout with old cut diamonds with a total estimated diamond weight of 16ct.
The brooch comes with a GCS report stating the sapphire is from the famed Kashmir mines and shows no indications of heat treatment.
Estimate £80,000-120,000.
