Platinum, coral, enamel and diamond Lady bug clip-brooch, Cartier, Paris, circa 1940. Photo Sotheby's

The body set with a carved coral segment studded with small round and single-cut diamonds, the face and legs applied with black enamel, signed  Cartier, Paris, maker's mark, French assay marks. Estimate 18,000-22,000 USD. 

NOTE: A similar style lady bug set as earclips is illustrated in The Cartier Collection, by Françoise Chaille, p. 250, no. EG 17 A36; and in Amazing Cartier: Jewelry Design since 1937, by Nadine Coleno, p. 45.

Sotheby's. Important Jewels. New York | 09 Feb 2012 www.sothebys.com