TURQUOISE, TOURMALINE, DIAMOND AND CORAL BROOCH, DONALD CLAFLIN FOR TIFFANY & CO.
Lot 104 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

TURQUOISE, TOURMALINE, DIAMOND AND CORAL BROOCH, DONALD CLAFLIN FOR TIFFANY & CO.

Closed16 May 2018

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CHF 43,750

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TURQUOISE, TOURMALINE, DIAMOND AND CORAL BROOCH, DONALD CLAFLIN FOR TIFFANY & CO.
Circular-cut and pear-shaped diamonds, cabochon turquoises, circular-cut pink tourmalines, cabochon coral, , gold, 1970s, 6.0 cm, signed Tiffany

Specialist note

Cf C. Phillips, Bejewelled by Tiffany 1837-1987, London, The Gilbert Collection, 2006, p.286 for a similar example

DONALD CLAFLIN
Born in 1935, Donald Claflin studied design at the Parsons School of Design in New York and began his career as an illustrator and textile designer. He decided to move on to the world of jewellery first with David Webb and then at Tiffany & Co. in 1965, where he designed his most iconic pieces for eleven years. Donald Claflin is famous for his witty and whimsical figurative jewels, as illustrated by lot 104.