Cartier: A gold tie pin
1978
£580
Auction: 29 April 2025 from 14:00 BST
Description
Designed as a 9 carat gold safety pin, signed Cartier, maker's mark C&F for Cropp & Farr, London hallmark, length 4.5cm
Accompanied by a Cartier case.
Footnote
Croop & Farr were known suppliers to Cartier’s London store beginning in the 1920-30s. Jacques Cartier set up English Art Works in 1922 to train goldsmiths and craftsmen in London who could work to the exacting standards set by the Pairs workshops. However, they still relied on a variety of local suppliers thereafter for certain items. Each supplier had a speciality, such as Wright & Davis on Rosebery Avenue who supplied Cartier with cigarette cases and lighters. Cropp & Farr were known to supply studs and links.
See Rudoe, Judy Cartier 1900-1939, British Museum Press, London, 1997, page 43.