TIFFANY & CO. 1970'S ANGELA CUMMINGS 18 KT POLKA DOTS EARRINGS WITH WHITE NACRE

POSITIVE & NEGATIVE EARRINGS DESIGNED BY ANGELA CUMMINGS FOR TIFFANY & CO.

GREAT POLKA DOT VINTAGE PIECES, DESIGNED BY CUMMINGS AROUND THE 1970'S, AT THE TIFFANY STUDIOS IN NEW YORK CITY. THIS PAIR IS HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KARATS OF HIGH POLISHED YELLOW GOLD AND SUITED WITH A PAIR OF OMEGA BACKS FOR FASTENING CLIPS. THE POSTS OPTION CAN BE EASILY ADDED.

ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR DESIGN OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PATTERN, EMBELLISHED WITH CARVINGS OF NATURAL WHITE NACRE. THIS MODEL ACTUALLY IS DISCONTINUED AND IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST MODEL WITH SOME VARIATIONS IN THE DOTS PATTERN.

THIS PAIR HAVE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 18.2 Grams AND HAVE A MEASURES OF 23 mm BY 19 mm. 

THEY ARE BOTH STAMPED AT THE REVERSE WITH THE HALL MARKS "TIFFANY & Co. C. .750". 

LITERATURE: TIFFANY & CO. BLUE CATALOG 1977-1978 Pp-25

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

THEY ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION AND ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DESIGNER'S JEWELRY BOX.

AS A NOTE, WE ARE OFFERING ANOTHER PAIR WITH THE SAME PATTERNS, BUT WITH BLACK JADE. CAN BE ALSO COMBINED AS A BLACK AND WHITE.

INVENTORY REF: E0000ACNN/.4374