A MULTI-GEM, ENAMEL AND GOLD ELEPHANT BROOCH, BY JEAN SCHLUMBERGER, TIFFANY & CO.

Designed as a bluish silver enamel elephant head with cabochon ruby eyes and pavé-set diamond ears, each enhanced by square-cut smoky quartz within polished gold wirework surrounds and twisted gold tassels, with a polished sculpted gold headdress suspending drop-shaped turquoise drops, to the white agate tusks with sculpted gold caps, and a textured gold trunk with square-cut tsavorite garnet detail, mounted in 18k gold and platinum, with French exportation marks, in a Tiffany black suede box

Signed Schlumberger for Jean Schlumberger, Tiffany, France

  • materials: 
silver,enamel,gold,18k gold,platinum,
  • gemstone: 
rubies  ,,,,  cts., quartz  diamonds  turquoise  agate 
  • colour: 
  • title of line: 
christies New York jewels, Sale 2177
  • date: 
2009/06/11



Price   sold for US$  43,750

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