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Compact
This is a Compact. It is dated 1930. Its medium is 14-karat gold, platinum, enamel, baguette-cut diamond (push-piece).
Silent film star Mary Pickford, born Gladys Louise Smith, was a cofounder, with Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith, of United Artists. She married Fairbanks in 1920.
It is credited Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. VC 75 A30.
- Bandeau, 1924
- diamonds, platinum, natural pearl.
- Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. HO 28 A24.
- 86.2016.1
- Bracelet
- diamonds, platinum.
- Neil Lane Collection.
- 59.2016.22
- Pair Of Bracelets
- diamonds, platinum.
- Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. BT 27 A30, BT 28 A30.
- 86.2016.11a,b
Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Compact, Fern, ca. 1929
- enamel, rose-cut diamonds, mirrored plate glass, gold, platinum.
- Lent by Private Collection.
- 13.2016.31
- Tea And Coffee Service
- silver and rosewood.
- Lent by Dallas Museum of Art, The Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of....
- 35.2016.7a/f
- Compact
- enamel, onyx, carved emeralds, sapphires, amethysts, rubies, diamonds, gold.
- Private Collection.
- 41.2016.19
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 6.5 × 4.5 × 1.3 cm (2 9/16 × 1 3/4 × 1/2 in.)
It is inscribed
At the center, initials MP
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
