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Box b (goes with necklace a)
Tiffany & Co. (American, active 1837–present)
American (New York)
about 1917
Object Place: New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Leather and silk crepe box
Dimensions
3 x 8.8 x 8.3 cm (1 3/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander W. Dole
Accession Number1978.623b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsBoxes
DescriptionBlue leather box (b) with white crepe lining marked "Tiffany and Co., New York, Paris, London."
Heart-shaped pendant necklace (a) of blue glass with french silver and diamond paste floral motif surrounded by paste, depending from large decorative silver and paste unit on chain of alternating imitation lapiz lozenges with silver and paste floral motifs and silver and paste decorative motifs. Said to be copy of Italian crown jewels. Blue leather box (b) with white crepe lining marked "Tiffany and Co., New York, Paris, London."
Heart-shaped pendant necklace (a) of blue glass with french silver and diamond paste floral motif surrounded by paste, depending from large decorative silver and paste unit on chain of alternating imitation lapiz lozenges with silver and paste floral motifs and silver and paste decorative motifs. Said to be copy of Italian crown jewels. Blue leather box (b) with white crepe lining marked "Tiffany and Co., New York, Paris, London."
Marks
box is marked Tiffany and Co
ProvenanceGiven by Isabella Stewart Gardner to Virginia Houghton (1898-1971) to wear at her Debut in Cambridge in 1917. A/D December 1978, ratified by V/C January 10, 1979
CopyrightReproduced with permission.