An impressive set of moonstone and sapphire jewellery, by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany & Co
Lot 134. An impressive set of moonstone and sapphire jewellery, by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany & Co. Estimate: $60,000-80,000. Price realised USD 211,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
Comprising a necklace, designed as a series of graduated oval-shaped moonstone cabochons, trimmed by circular-cut sapphires, joined by circular-cut sapphire cluster links; and a pair of ear pendants en suite, circa 1910, 14 7/8 ins. (necklace), 2 3/4 ins. (ear pendants), mounted in platinum. Each signed Tiffany & Co.
Provenance: Previously sold at Christie's New York, Magnificent Jewels, 27-28 October 1997, Lot 46
Formely in the Garden Museum Collection.
Literature: A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection,England, Antique Collectors' Club Limited, 2004, p. 498-499.
Christie's. Magnificent Jewels & the Rockefeller Emerald, 20 June 2017, New York, Rockefeller Center