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Tiffany Jewelry History

It was Tiffany & Co. that introduced the engagement ring as we know it today. The
celebrated six-prong “Tiffany® Setting” lifts the diamond above the band and into the
light. The result is a ring whose beauty has never been equaled.

In 1848 the dubbed Charles Lewis Tiffany “The .” And with good reason. The quality of Tiffany diamonds was then, and remains, exemplary. In the spring of 1887, Tiffany shocked the world by purchasing the . From this time on, Tiffany became the world’s authority on the finest diamonds.

Soon Tiffany designers were creating brilliance of their own. From the glittering 1890s on, timeless Tiffany designs graced women from the finest families: the Astors, the Vanderbilts, the Morgans. Celebrities from the theater, sports and ultimately European royalty and Hollywood stars began to prize designs.

Around the world, museums treasure the aesthetic, from the Art Nouveau period to Art Deco to today’s modern classics. Year in, year out, the passion for Tiffany diamonds is clearly demonstrated in the world’s auction houses. Today, the world-famous 128.54-carat is on permanent display in the New York flagship store—proof positive of Tiffany’s .

But nowhere is a more beautiful or more treasured than in its place of honor: on the hand of a woman.