Lot 128. A black opal, demantoid garnet and sapphire pendant necklace, by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany & Co. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 93,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Suspending an oval black opal cabochon, within a sculpted gold grapevine surround, enhanced by circular-cut demantoid garnets and sapphires, to the double-strand finelink neckchain, set with links of similar motif, with gold grapevine detail at reverse of pendant, circa 1910, 23 1/2 ins., mounted in gold. 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. 515
Cf. J. Loring, Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany & Co., New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002, p. 70.

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