Tiffany & Co 1978 Angela Cummings Black Jade Polka Dots Earrings 18Kt

Pair of earrings designed by Angela Cummings for Tiffany Co. Iconic elegant pair of clips on earrings, created in New York city by Angela Cummings at the Tiffany studios, back in the 1978. These earrings has been crafted with a bombe shape in solid yellow gold of 18 karats with high polished finish. They are embellished with twenty-four free forms carvings of natural black jade inlaid in the gold. This kind of model is one of the most popular design made by Cummings. This model is actually discontinued. They are fitted at the reverse with omega backs for fastening clips and the posts option for pierced ears can be easily added. Weight: 16.85 grams (10.77 Dwt.). Measures: 23 mm by 18 mm by 10 mm (0.91 x 0.71 x 0.40 Inches). Hallmarks: They are both stamped with the maker's mark, the serial numbers, the mark for the assay of the gold and signed, "TIFFANY CO. .750 HONG KONG".  Literature: Tiffany Co. Blue Book Catalog 1977-1978 Pp-25, for this model Illustrated. Angela Cummings She was born in 1944 in Klagenfurt in Austria. She take her education at the art academy in Perugia, Italy and at the Zeichenakademie in Hanau, West Germany. in the 1967 she joined Tiffany Co working under the guidance of Donald Claflin and in the 1975, she was the artistic director for her exclusive line brand Cummings. in 1984 she started her own line of jewelry to be retailed exclusively at an in-boutique store at Bergdorf Goodman, in New York city. now she's retired from the jewe