A GOLD AND DIAMOND 'COFFEE BEAN' DEMI-PARURE, BY CARTIER, CIRCA 1955The pair of earclips composed of textured motifs designed as coffee beans, each highlighted with a collet-set round brilliant-cut diamond, together with an articulated pendent brooch of similar design with rope-twist details, each signed Cartier London, maker's mark 'JC', English hallmarks for 'London 1954-55', numbered, earclip length 5.3cm, brooch length 8cmFor additional information on Cartier's 'Coffee Bean' jewellery, see 'Amazing Cartier: Jewelry Design Since 1937', Nadine Coleno, pp. 138-141. The same brooch is illustrated in this book along with other coffee bean pieces of similar design.