VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS "Le Vanarp". Lipstick case in pink gold 750 thousandths engraved with leafy branches in the wind, front face adorned with a flower as a sliding button formed in platinum 850 thousandths set with sixteen 8/8-cut diamonds, face also punctuated with two other diamonds as well as twenty-four rectangular-cut or cabochon-cut rubies. Signed and numbered 64616. M.O.: VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS. Circa 1951. Height 6 cm - Width: 1.6 cm - Gross weight: 56.2 g Notes : To be compared with a cigarette case illustrated on page 286 of the book "Van Cleef and Arpels" by Sylvie Raulet, published in 1986 and dating this collection to 1951.