TIFFANY & CO. 1982 BY ANGELA CUMMINGS RARE 18 KT GOLD GEOMETRIC EARRINGS WITH OPAL

VERY RARE PAIR OF EARRINGS DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS FOR TIFFANY & CO..

A VINTAGE JEWELED GEOMETRIC PIECES, CREATED BY CUMMINGS AT THE TIFFANY & CO STUDIOS IN THE 1982.

THIS PAIR, IS DESIGNED WITH A TRI-DIMENSIONAL AND GEOMETRIC TRAPEZOIDAL SHAPE, HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KARATS OF HIGH POLISHED YELLOW GOLD. THEY ARE EMBELLISHED WITH 10 GEOMETRIC PLAQUES PIECES, CARVED FROM TWO TYPES OF NATURAL OPALS OF THE FINEST QUALITY, HAVING A TOTAL WEIGHT OF ABOUT 8 CARATS.

THEY ARE VERY COMFORTABLE AND SUITED WITH POST (Removable) FOR PIERCED EARS AND OMEGA BACKS FOR FASTENING CLIPS,

HAVE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 14.9 Grams AND A MEASURES OF 19 mm by 14 mm.

THEY ARE BOTH STAMPED AT THE REVERSE WITH THE UNIQUE INVENTORY NUMBER AND THE HALLMARKS "T&CO 18 KT 1982 c. 11223.".

ANGELA CUMMINGS WAS BORN IN AUSTRIA AND MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES WHEN SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD. SHE STUDIED ART IN ITALY AND GEMOLOGY AND JEWELRY MAKING IN GERMANY. SHE JOINED TIFFANY & COMPANY IN THE 1967 WHERE SHE WORKED EXCLUSIVELY UNTIL 1984 WHEN HE DEPARTED TO BEGIN HER OWN COMPANY AND PRESENTED HER CREATIONS AT BERGDORF GOODMAN IN NYC. SHE CLOSE THE BOUTIQUE AND ATELIER IN THE 2003.

THIS PAIR IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH A GREAT PATINA. THE ANGELA CUMMINGS PIECES ARE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE JEWELRY AND THEY ARE A REMARK IN THE AMERICAN JEWELRY TRADITION.

AS A NOTE, THIS PAIR IS EXTREMELY RARE, PROBABLY A UNIQUE PIECE. WE CANNOT TRACK ANY OTHER SIMILAR EARRINGS LIKE THIS. BUT RECENTLY, ON JULY 29, 2020 AT CHRISTIE'S (Lot-56) A NECKLACE-EARRING SUITE CREATED WITH FREE-FORMS CARVED OPALS, DATED 1982, HAS BEEN SOLD FOR 67,000.- USD. (Picture above).

INVENTORY REF: E0000MAEN/.3581