CARTIER PARIS ART DECO JADE AND SILVER PAGE MARKER WITH THE CHINESE CHARACTER 'SHOU', CIRCA 1938

Bookmark with tapering silver blade terminating at one end in a flat disc, and at the other end in a pierced antique Chinese green jade ball, carved with the Chinese 'shou' sign for longevity, surmounted by a red enamel cabochon, and suspended from a ringlet. Signed 'Cartier Paris' Numbered 'S 3599' Cartier Paris hallmark 'CSA' (active in 1929) and boar's head hallmark (silver) L. 29 cm D. jade ball : 2.3 cm Gross weight : 33 g With expertise letter by Alain Cartier dated 10 October 2023 First produced by Cartier in the 1930s, these bookmarks were inspired by cocktail party stirrers. The hedonistic Roaring Twenties gave rise to a "cocktail generation" of exuberant and joyful men and women, some of whom became stalwarts of the "café society". Members of this fun-loving generation brought ideas and stimulated the creativity of jewelers.