Tiffany Co Ruby
Vintage 1940s Retro Brooches
Ruby, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Cufflinks
Ruby, 14k Gold
Vintage 1970s More Bracelets
Ruby, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Link Necklaces
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Cufflinks
Ruby, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s More Jewelry
Ruby, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Vanity Items
Ruby, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1970s Retro Cufflinks
Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Cufflinks
14k Gold
Vintage 1950s Brooches
Ruby
1990s More Rings
Ruby, Platinum
20th Century Cufflinks
Ruby, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Gold
Vintage 1980s Band Rings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Link Bracelets
Ruby, 18k Gold
1990s Bangles
Ruby, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s Modern Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s Retro Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1980s Choker Necklaces
Ruby, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s Clip-on Earrings
Ruby, 18k Gold
1990s Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
Vintage 1950s Clip-on Earrings
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Cluster Rings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Platinum, Rose Gold
Mid-20th Century Modernist Dome Rings
Ruby, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s Cufflinks
Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Mid-20th Century Wrist Watches
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s Contemporary Brooches
Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, ...
21st Century and Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
Vintage 1940s More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Ruby, 14k Gold
Vintage 1950s Retro Clip-on Earrings
Ruby, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Band Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Retro More Jewelry
Garnet, Ruby, 18k Gold
20th Century More Earrings
Ruby, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s More Earrings
Ruby, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1990s Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s Clip-on Earrings
Ruby, 18k Gold
20th Century Retro Wrist Watches
Ruby, Gold
Vintage 1970s Engagement Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary More Necklaces
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s Brooches
Ruby, Emerald, Gold
Vintage 1960s Brooches
Ruby, 18k Gold
20th Century Wrist Watches
Diamond, Ruby, Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold
1990s Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Art Deco Boxes and Cases
Ruby, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Band Rings
Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Dome Rings
Ruby, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1950s Brooches
Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Cluster Rings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
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Tiffany And Co Biography and Important Works
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. jewels. 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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