Tiffany Gold Sapphire
Vintage 1920s Cufflinks
Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1950s Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Cufflinks
Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Modern Bracelets
Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Brooches
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Cufflinks
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1910s Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1960s Bangles
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Cufflinks
Sapphire, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Cufflinks
Sapphire, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Cufflinks
Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1980s Modern Modern Bracelets
Citrine, Sapphire, 14k Gold
20th Century More Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Retro Bracelets
Moonstone, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Vintage 1940s Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s Modern Link Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Brooches
Moonstone, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1960s Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Modernist Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary More Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Brooches
Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Vintage 1940s Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1980s Retro Fashion Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
20th Century Brooches
Citrine, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1980s Bangles
Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Cufflinks
Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1980s Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
Vintage 1950s Romantic Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s Contemporary Brooches
Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, ...
Mid-20th Century Retro Brooches
Moonstone, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1960s Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s More Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Necklace Enhancers
Aquamarine, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Antique 19th Century Artisan Brooches
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Retro Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Retro Brooches
Sapphire, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Signet Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Brooches
Diamond, Blue Sapphire
1990s Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Early 1900s Victorian Band Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Modern Lever-Back Earrings
Pearl, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Cufflinks
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Late 20th Century Brooches
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s Modern Bangles
Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Garnet, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Modern Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Contemporary Link Bracelets
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, White ...
Vintage 1950s Brooches
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Retro Link Bracelets
Moonstone, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s More Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
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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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