A pair of gem-set 'Pelouse Hawaii' earrings, by Van Cleef & Arpels, circa 1950


The bombé earrings composed of polished spheres and brilliant-cut diamond, circular-cut ruby and sapphire flowerhead motifs, diamonds approximately 1.00 carat total, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, numbered 24555, French export mark, length 2.1cm
|For a bracelet of similar design, dated 1948, see Raulet, Sylvie, "Van Cleef & Arpels", Paris, 1986, page 236. VCA's floral Hawaii line was first launched in 1938 with stylised forget-me-nots in French patriotic colours of red, white and blue, symbolic as "les petites fleurs de la résistance".