Necklace, ca. 1904
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933)
American
Opals, gold, and enamel, L. 18 in. (45.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Sarah E. Hanley, 1946 (46.168.1)

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This necklace composed of grape clusters and leaves is one of the rare examples of Tiffany's earliest jewelry. Tiny circular black opals represent the fruit, and enameling in shades of green on gold forms the delicate shimmering leaves. It was among the twenty-seven pieces that Tiffany made for exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. The necklace was a gift to the Museum from Sarah E. Hanley, Tiffany's nurse and later companion, to whom he must have presented it.


 


 
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