1940s Tiffany
Early 20th Century Cufflinks
Vintage 1940s Swiss Wrist Watches
Vintage 1940s Cufflinks
14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Unknown Art Deco Cufflinks
Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Link Bracelets
Moonstone, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Chain Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Band Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Early 20th Century Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Mid-20th Century American Retro Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Cufflinks
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Vanity Items
14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Brooches
Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Modern Modern Bracelets
Citrine, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Unknown Art Deco Flush Mount
Copper
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Gold, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Danish Medieval Decorative Boxes
Bronze, Iron
Vintage 1940s Brooches
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Swiss Wrist Watches
18k Gold, Rose Gold
Vintage 1960s American Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
20th Century Silver Bowls
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s Retro Brooches
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Brooches
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Paint
Vintage 1940s American Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold
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Vintage 1940s Unknown Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Moonstone, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Post-War More Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Gold
Mid-20th Century Retro More Jewelry
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Unknown Retro Clip-on Earrings
Tourmaline, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro Retro Bracelets
14k Gold
20th Century Retro Brooches
Diamond, Moonstone, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Drop Necklaces
White Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Vintage 1940s American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Choker Necklaces
Aquamarine, Ruby, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Link Bracelets
14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Link Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Brooches
Ruby, White Diamond, 14k Gold, Platinum, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Signet Rings
Carnelian, 18k Gold
Antique 1640s Brooches
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Italian Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century American Modern Brooches
Crystal, White Diamond, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro More Earrings
Amethyst, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Swiss Wrist Watches
14k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Drop Necklaces
Citrine, Diamond, Emerald, Yellow Gold
20th Century More Jewelry
Vintage 1940s Engagement Rings
Diamond, Palladium
Vintage 1940s Retro Drop Earrings
Jade, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Link Necklaces
Jade, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Link Bracelets
Quartz, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Cufflinks
14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Unknown Revival Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco More Necklaces
14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Art Deco Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Palladium
Vintage 1940s Art Deco Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s American Retro Retro Bracelets
Citrine, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches
Aquamarine, Ruby, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Cuff Bracelets
Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Belgian Desk Accessories
Glass
Vintage 1940s Retro Pendant Necklaces
Citrine, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Chain Necklaces
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Link Bracelets
Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Pendant Necklaces
Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches
Mid-20th Century Retro Link Bracelets
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s Swiss Wrist Watches
Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Wrist Watches
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Retro Bracelets
14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Clip-on Earrings
Moonstone, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Modern Band Rings
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Brooches
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Cocktail Rings
Ruby, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro Cocktail Rings
Ruby, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Silver
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Unknown Retro Link Bracelets
Citrine, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Chain Necklaces
Yellow Gold
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Vintage 1940s Swiss Wrist Watches
18k Gold
Vintage 1940s Swiss Wrist Watches
Steel, Stainless Steel
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18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s Swiss Wrist Watches
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Wrist Watches
18k Gold
Vintage 1940s Modern Wrist Watches
9k Gold, Stainless Steel
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Vintage 1970s Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches
Gold-filled
Vintage 1960s Swiss Wrist Watches
18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1950s Swiss Retro Wrist Watches
18k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold
2010s Swiss Wrist Watches
Stainless Steel
Vintage 1960s Swiss Wrist Watches
18k Gold
Vintage 1930s Swiss Wrist Watches
14k Gold
Early 20th Century Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches
1990s Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Swiss Wrist Watches
Gold, 18k Gold
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Tiffany & Co. for sale on 1stDibs
Tiffany & Co. is one of the most prominent purveyors of luxury goods in the United States, and has long been an important arbiter of style in the design of diamond engagement rings. A young Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed to his future wife, Eleanor, with a Tiffany ring in 1904. Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Astors and members of the Russian imperial family all wore Tiffany & Co. jewelry. And Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis preferred Tiffany china for state dinners at the White House.
Although synonymous with luxury today, the firm started out rather modestly. Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young founded it in Connecticut as a “stationery and fancy goods emporium” in 1837, at a time when European imports still dominated the nascent American luxury market. In 1853, Charles Tiffany — who in 1845 had launched the company’s famed catalog, the Blue Book, and with it, the firm’s signature robin’s-egg blue, which he chose for the cover — shifted the focus to fine jewelry.
In 1868, Tiffany & Co. gained international recognition when it became the first U.S. firm to win an award for excellence in silverware at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. From then on, it belonged to the pantheon of American luxury brands.
At the start of the Gilded Age, in 1870, Tiffany & Co. opened its flagship store, described as a "palace of jewels" by the New York Times, at 15 Union Square West in Manhattan. Throughout this period, its designs for silver tableware, ceremonial silver, flatware and jewelry were highly sought-after indicators of status and taste. They also won the firm numerous accolades, including the grand prize for silverware at the Paris Exposition of 1878. Among the firm’s glittering creations from this time are masterworks of Art Nouveau jewelry, such as this delicate aquamarine necklace and this lavish plique-à-jour peridot and gold necklace, both circa 1900.
When Charles Lewis Tiffany died, in 1902, his son Louis Comfort Tiffany became the firm’s design director. Under his leadership, the Tiffany silver studio was a de facto design school for apprentice silversmiths, who worked alongside head artisan Edward C. Moore. The firm produced distinctive objects inspired by Japanese art and design, North American plants and flowers, and Native American patterns and crafts, adding aesthetic diversity to Tiffany & Co.’s distinguished repertoire.
Tiffany is also closely associated with diamonds, even lending its name to one particularly rare and exceptional yellow stone. The firm bought the Tiffany diamond in its raw state from the Kimberley mines of South Africa in 1878. Cut to create a 128.54-carat gem with an unprecedented 82 facets, it is one of the most spectacular examples of a yellow diamond in the world.
In a broader sense, Tiffany & Co. helped put diamonds on the map in 1886 by introducing the American marketplace to the solitaire diamond design, which is still among the most popular engagement-ring styles. The trademark Tiffany® Setting raises the stone above the band on six prongs, allowing its facets to catch the light. A lovely recent example is this circa-2000 platinum engagement ring. Displaying a different design and aesthetic (but equally chic) is this exquisite diamond and ruby ring from the 1930s.
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- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021A Tiffany & Co. engagement ring can cost as little as $13,000 or as much as $500,000 depending on the center stone’s carat weight, the band material and whether or not there are any side stones. The smaller the stone, the cheaper the ring will be. Find engagement rings designed by Tiffany & Co. on 1stDibs.
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