Auction announcements
29th April 2014
Objects are regular taxed. Differential taxation is not possible.

18 carat yellow gold
USA, 1982
Tiffany & Co. – established in New York in 1837
Design by Angela Cummings
Engraved on the back with ‘© 1982 TIFFANY & CO. 18K CUMMINGS’
40 pink tourmaline with a total of approximately 10 carats
In original signed navy suede box
Height: 2.2 cm (each)
Weight: 16.4 grams (for the pair)
Very good condition

These fashionable earrings were made by the internationally renowned company Tiffany & Co. and rely on a design by Angela Cummings. Cummings, who designed for Tiffany & Co. in New York between 1968 and 1984, made clever, memorable pieces for the firm during her tenure there. Designed as a 4 x 4 matrix of square emerald-cut tourmalines in two shades of pink- bright pink and darker, reddish-pink, these earrings carry an architectural inspired design. The gemstones are situated within a polished yellow gold grid with the addition of a fifth row slanting downward at an angle for visual interest on the ear. Tiffany & Co. is now actively buying back iconic examples of Cummings’ work for their company archives.



The pair of earclips is in very good condition. They are each engraved on the back with ‘© 1982 TIFFANY & CO. 18K CUMMINGS’. They are each 2.2 cm in height and the pair weighs 16.4 grams.



Tiffany & Co.

Tiffany & Co was founded in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York. In 1845, Tiffany published the first ever US mail-order catalogue. Due to its headquarters being located on Fifth Avenue since its opening in 1910, Tiffany’s soon became widely famous. It was even appointed the purveyor to the Austro-Hungarian court in Vienna. Last but not least, the motion picture 'Breakfast at Tiffany’s' introduced an even larger audience to the company. Tiffany & Co has always been at the forefront of fashion; just this year the company launched a collection in conjunction with the new rendition of the classic 'The Great Gatsby'.



Angela Cummings (b. 1944)

Angela Cummings was born in 1944 in Klagenfurt, Austria. She moved to the United States in 1947 as a child. She later returned to Europe to study at The Art Academy in Perugia, Italy and at Zeichenakademie, in Hanau, Germany graduating with a degree as a gemmologist, goldsmith and designer. Upon graduation in 1967 at the age of 23 she began working at Tiffany & Co. in New York under the tutelage of Donald Claflin. In 1971 she designed her first jewellery collection for Tiffany, under her own name, remarkable for its clever use of color and inlaid stones. Her wide cuff bracelets inlaid with jade lotus root slices and multi-colored coral roses are highly collectible. In 1984 she left Tiffany and started Angela Cummings Inc. launching her first in-store boutique in Bergdorf Goodman (New York). At the moment, surely as acknowledgement of her prominent place in the world of jewelry design, Tiffany is actively collecting Angela Cummings pieces for their extensive museum collection.