Tiffany Knife
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1990s American Vanity Items
Silver
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Sterling Silver
Antique Early 1900s American Tableware
Silver
Antique Early 1900s American Sterling Silver
Silver
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Diamond, Platinum
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Diamond, Platinum
1990s American Vanity Items
18k Gold, Silver
1990s American Vanity Items
Silver, 18k Gold
1990s American Vanity Items
18k Gold, Silver
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Platinum
Antique Early 1900s American Sterling Silver
Silver
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Diamond, Platinum
Antique 19th Century Flatware and Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
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Platinum
Antique 19th Century Flatware and Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Antique Mid-19th Century American Tableware
Sterling Silver
Antique Early 1900s American Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Early 2000s Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
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Platinum
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Yellow Gold
20th Century Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1950s American Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum, Yellow Gold
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Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Late 20th Century Bangles
Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Antique 19th Century Dinnerware and Flatware Sets
Sterling Silver
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Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
20th Century Flatware and Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Antique Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
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Antique 1870s French Victorian Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Early 2000s American Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Platinum
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Diamond, Platinum
Early 2000s Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
Early 2000s Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
1990s Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Solitaire Rings
White Diamond, Platinum
2010s Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Early 2000s Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Antique Late 19th Century Tableware
Sterling Silver
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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. 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.
- 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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