Lot 176. A black opal and multigem pendant necklace, by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany & Co. Estimate: USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 150,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Suspending a pendant, centering upon an oval black opal cabochon within a circular-cut sapphire and demantoid garnet surround, with sculpted enameled gold leaves of grapevine motif at the front and reverse, to the demantoid garnet and sculpted gold enameled leaf surmount and similarly set finelink gold neckchain and clasp, circa 1915, 18 3/4 ins. Signed Tiffany & Co.

Formely in the Garden Museum Collection.

Literature: A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection,England, Antique Collectors' Club Limited, 2004, p. 501.

Christie's. Magnificent Jewels & the Rockefeller Emerald, 20 June 2017, New York, Rockefeller Center