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Tiffany & Co.
A Plique-à-jour Enamel and Diamond 'Iris' Brooch, Tiffany & Co., Circa 2006
- Estimate
- HK$160,000 - 200,000€19,300 - 24,100$20,000 - 25,000
Lot Details
Plique-a-jour enamelDiamonds on side, totalling approximately 2.90 carats
One pear-shaped purple sapphirePlatinum and 18 karat yellow gold<em>With signed box</em>
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Paulding Farnham was a workmaster and designer who worked for Tiffany & Co. for 23 years, from 1885 to 1908 and is best known for his delicate brooches inspired by flowers particularly, orchids, pansies and iris. One of the most famous Tiffany & Co. jewels designed by Farnham, an early 20th Century Iris corsage brooch, was famously exhibited at the `Exhibition Universelle' in Paris in 1900. The present lot is a delicate homage to Paulding Farnham's Iris brooch design for Tiffany & Co.