GEM-SET AND ENAMEL BROOCH, LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY FOR TIFFANY & CO, CIRCA 1910

Set to the centre with mother-of-pearl, within a frame of circular-cut demantoid garnets, green plique-à-jour enamel and gold rope work detail, signed Tiffany & Co.

Cf: ed. Clare Phillips, Bejewelled by Tiffany, London, 2006, page 241 for examples of brooches by Louis Comfort Tiffany in a similar style.

Cf: John Loring, Tiffany Jewels, New York, 1999, pages 169 - 179.

Transclucent green enamel in good condition Demantoid garnets a vivid yellowish green, slightly varying in tone but well matched in size, few with nicks and chips. Pin fitting a little loose, slight tarnishing, could benefit from attention by a professional jeweller. In good condition.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933),  first exhibited his jewellery at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St Louis in Missouri, 1904.  He only began designing jewellery after the death of his father Charles Tiffany in 1902.  His early collections took inspiration from nature and each jewel was a work of art in themselves.  Described as "an artist who is a deep and intelligent student - one, like Leonardo, enamoured of subtle lines...who is also a sincere lover of Nature, as she reveals herself in plantlife."  The twenty-seven jewels he took to the show were given high praise and  won him international acclaim.  He signed his jewels, Louis C.Tiffany or Louis C.Tiffany Artist, after 1907, when the studio moved address the jewels were stamped Tiffany & Co.