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An old New York celebrity—for many years out of sight, has again appeared before the public under a new coat (of paint)—Atlas, who for so many years held time on his shoulders at 550 Broadway, when Tiffany &: Co. resided there, is now again on exhibition with a clock over his head in the central window of their building on Union Square. If he could only obtain a little of Lincoln’s surplus clothing he and the ex-president would be a match on the west side for Washington and Lafayette on the east. Decidedly Union Square is becoming the great art centre of New York.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - May 1878

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The wonderful Tiffany collection of gems and precious stones exhibited at the World’s Fair, has been sold to the Field Columbian Museum, of Chicago. The price paid is said to be $100,000. This collection is regarded as one of the most important additions that has been made to the museum.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 21st March 1894

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Lazy tongs by Tiffany& Co.:










Tiffany & Co. - 150M6029 - STERLING

Member 'dragonflywink' wrote:

Those are the #150 small 'lazy tongs', an undated drawing of the larger #149 appears in Figure 249 on page 166 of Dr. Hood's Tiffany Silver Flatware, 1845-1905 (2003), an excellent book, by the way, not just for those interested in Tiffany, but also American silver flatware in general. The book notes that the lazy tongs appear in a 'Spoonwork Book' dated 1882/83, and an undated 'Flatware Brochure' from 1878-1905, I also find them in the 1894 Tiffany Blue Book priced at $7.00 to $9.00. Depending on reference source, that capital serifed 'M' for Edward M. Moore appears on flatware from either 1869-91 or 1876-91 (won't even ponder on the old Blue Books showing that 'M" as in use 1862-91). My poor old eyes are having difficulty with the engraved design on the tongs, but what I can see does look like it might be typical of the 1880s or thereabouts.

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A massive gold and crystal inkstand, made by Tiffany & Co., was presented Thursday night by the American Dramatists’ Club to the secretary, Chas. Barnard, in recognition of his services to the club since its foundation.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 16th May 1894

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An image of the works of Tiffany & Co. at Forest Hill, Newark, published in 1893:



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Spoons by Tiffany& Co.:










Tiffany & Co. - STERLING - PAT. 1905

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A spoon by Tiffany& Co.:








M - Tiffany & Co. - STERLING

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Elsa Peretti, Famed Jewelry Designer for Tiffany & Co., Aged 80 Years of Age

Elsa Peretti passed away on the 18th March 2021. She was born in Florence and died in a village close to Barcelona, Sant Marti Vell, where she had lived since 1968. She died of natural causes.

A former model, Elsa Peretti started her association with Tiffany & Co. in the early 1970's, but she had previously designed for Giorgio di Sant’ Angelo and Halston, designing their signature tear-drop perfume bottle, and winning the Coty Award for jewelry design in 1971. The following year Bloomingdale’s dedicated a boutique to her collection.

Her famed designs for Tiffany included Bone cuff, Diamonds by the Yard, and inverted snake designs. Her work at one period of time represented ten per cent of Tiffany's sales, and was so timeless that Tiffany reissued some of her vintage designs in 2020.

Her designs are part of the permanent collections of the British Museum; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.

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Tiffany & Co. - New York - 1878

'Geo. R. Collis, Manager'

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Quote:

"The day Elsa Peretti became a part of Tiffany & Co. was the day we entered a new era in our history of design innovation"

William R. Chaney, chairman, Tiffany & Co. - 2001

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There is at present on exhibition at the Fifth Ave. store of Tiffany & Co. a piece of aquamarine which weighed 13 pounds. It came from Brazil, S. A. The weight of the original crystal was 246 pounds.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 21st June 1911

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A report from Gainesville, Fla., was published recently in a southern newspaper to the effect that while on a visit to his children in Union County, Ga., J. H. Dorsey, Athens, who was in Gainesville, found two stones in a creek in that county, pronounced by Tiffany, New York, to be Georgia diamonds. According to the newspaper, he was gathering pebbles for the children, and these two diamonds were among the pebbles. The report goes on to state that one diamond has been set in a ring and has a beautiful luster. An inquiry was made of Dr. George F. Kunz, of Tiffany & Co., regarding the newspaper story, and he declared that no such stones had been submitted to Tiffany & Co., and that no such statement had ever been made by Tiffany & Co.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 21st June 1911

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Tiffany & Co. - New York - 1879

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The mystery surrounding the theft of the diamond necklace worth $10,000 and the valuable princess ring from Tiffany & Co., about two months ago, has been solved, according to a report current last week, by the arrest of an apprentice boy of that establishment, who tried to sell the concern the stolen gems which had been taken from the settings. Neither the jewelers nor the police will say who the boy was. The police say that they did not know of any arrest, and think it must have been made outside of the State. President Moore, of Tiffany & Co., declined to talk about the affair at all. After the disappearance of the necklace and ring, during the first week in September, all employes on the fifth floor of Tiffany & Co. were kept under surveillance by private detectives for weeks, but no clue developed. A few days ago, it is reported, one of the apprentice boys offered several gems for sale, and some of them were recognized as diamonds belonging to the stolen necklace. The boy is said to have denied that they were stolen, and to have explained that he came by them through trading.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 10th November 1909

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Tiffany & Co. are named as creditors for $154 in the petition in bankruptcy which was filed, last week, by George Lewis Gower, a book salesman residing at the Times Square Hotel.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 10th November 1909

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Tiffany & Co. - New York - 1910

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Tiffany & Co. - New York - 1934

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Tiffany & Co. - New York - 1871

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Tiffany & Co. - New York - 1961

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G. Leonard Cook, who was with Tiffany & Co., New York, for 13 years, has come to Los Angeles to reside and has taken a position on the sales force of Feagans & Co. Los Angeles was the home of Mrs. Cook before her marriage and she is delighted to return.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th August 1919

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