Live Auction 3776Important Jewels
A GOLD CASE, BY JEAN SCHLUMBERGER, TIFFANY & CO.
Lot 221 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A GOLD CASE, BY JEAN SCHLUMBERGER, TIFFANY & CO.

Closed20 October 2015

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USD 12,500

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A GOLD CASE, BY JEAN SCHLUMBERGER, TIFFANY & CO.
The 18k gold egg-shaped case decorated with sculpted lozenge-shaped scales, opening to reveal a single compartment, 2 1/2 ins., with French exportation mark, in a Tiffany & Co. blue cloth pouch
Designed by Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co., no. 74 53, with maker's mark of Pierre Brun

Specialist note

Similar to a previously sold lot at Christie's New York, 15 June 2010, Lot 19

A prototype that was never put into production, this case is one of only a handful ever produced