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Diamond, Multi-Stone, Cultured Pearl, Gold Brooch, Tiffany & Co., France. ...
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Diamond, Multi-Stone, Cultured Pearl, Gold Brooch, Tiffany & Co., FranceThe brooch features full-cut diamonds weighing a total of approximately 2.75 carats, enhanced by tsavorite, spessartite and one pyrope garnet weighing a total of approximately 2.50 carats, accented by carnelian beads and cultured pearls, complimented by round-cut amethysts, with enamel applied on 18k gold, marked Tiffany & Co., reference # 24746569, France. Gross weight 56.80 grams.
Dimensions: 3-1/4 inches x 2-1/3 inches x 1/2 inch
From the Tiffany Blue Book 2009 - 2010
This series of brooches is inspired by the birds and butterflies of Tiffany's celebrated 1871 Audubon silver design. The exotic creatures were carefully fashioned to depict the very moment they alight on boughs of polished gold. Brilliant hues of lacquer and gemstones accentuate every flutter that brings them to rest among the magical flowers of an emperor's palace garden.
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Diamond Average Color: G-H-I
Diamond Average Clarity: VS
Diamond Shapes: Full-cut
Diamond Count: 100+
Gem Type: Tsavorite Garnet, Spessartite Garnet, Amethyst, Carnelian, Pyrope Garnet
Gem Average Clarity: Fine
Gem Shape: Round-cut, Bead
Gem Count: 100+
Overall Condition: Very Good
Pearl Type: Akoya
Pearl Surface: Slightly Blemished
Pearl Shape: Round
Pearl Color: White
Pearl Overtone: Rose
Pearl Luster: Fine
Pearl Count: 4
Pearl Size: 2.50 - 3.00 mm
Notes: An exquisite item to behold. For a true Tiffany collector, this cage brooch is a must-have item! It appeared in the Tiffany blue book catalog 2009 - 2010 edition. Original retail price $50,000. Butterfly is set en tremblant. Marked Tiffany & Co. 750 France 24746569. Brooch is completed by a clip mechanism on the reverse. Accompanied by a signed Tiffany & Co. box.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Tiffany & Co., or “Tiffany,” became an arsenal for the North, producing swords, flags, uniforms, and surgical instruments, and supplying rifles and ammunition from Europe. By the end of the 1860s, the firm was creating its own silver designs – bowls, pitchers, tea services, and other tableware -- for which it received major recognition, including an award for excellence in silverware at the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle and the gold medal for jewelry and the silver prize for silverware at this Exposition in 1878. Wealthy U.S. families, such as the Astors, Vanderbilts, Morgans, and Posts, purchased silver and diamonds from Tiffany, and, beyond this hefty endorsement, the company broadened its sales through a mail order catalog, the “Blue Book,” first published in 1845. When Charles L. Tiffany died in 1902, his son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, became the firm’s first official Design Director.
Tiffany solidified its position as both a team-playing American company and an international tastemaker during the twentieth century. With the onset of WW I and WW II, the firm again turned its attention to the war effort by manufacturing airplane parts and surgical instruments. 1940 saw the opening of Tiffany’s new and now legendary store on 5th Avenue, structured like a grand ballroom with special lighting to offset the silver and jewelry. During the post-War decades, Tiffany’s president Walter Hoving brilliantly increased sales by reaching out to a broader customer base: he hired famous designers to create products for the store -- for example, silver jewelry by Frank Gehry, Elsa Peretti, Paloma Picasso, and Jean Schlumberger and stationery by Andy Warhol – and he opened Tiffany stores internationally. Today, Tiffany operates in twenty-two countries and nets sales of over $3.6 billion.
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