Tiffany & Company life in 1837 as Tiffany & Young, named after founders tiffany uk shop Charles Tiffany and John Young. In the beginning, the store was located at 259 Broadway in New York City and dealt in stationery and fine goods.

Tiffany Diamonds

The company soon racked up many achievements with Tiffany jewelry, particularly its diamonds. In 1878 Charles Tiffany bought the Tiffany Diamond, one of the biggest and best yellow diamonds the world has ever tiffany new york seen. The original stone was cut to 128.51 carats with 90 facets. The diamond is displayed at our tiffany jewelry store to this day, so that Tiffany's patrons can admire its unique beauty. Not long after, the company introduced an innovative diamond ring setting that has been copied the world over. Instead of setting the diamond into the band, Tiffany jewelers used six prongs to raise the diamond off the band.

This showed the diamond off better and allowed it to tiffany online kaufen catch more light. In 1887 Charles Tiffany obtained some of the crown jewels that had belonged to French royalty, earning him the nickname the "King of Diamonds."

Changing of the Guard

In 1902 Charles Tiffany's son Louis Comfort Tiffany and co opened an art jewelry department  tiffany new york store in the company to create innovative, artistic jewelry designs and later became the firm's artistic director upon the death of his father. With Louis at the helm, the company continued to prosper and make a name for itself.

Expansion

In 1940 Tiffany & Co. moved to its famous building on 57th Street in New York City, where it remains to this day. It wasn't tiffany deutschland shop until 1963 that Tiffany ventured outside of New York and opened a store in San Francisco. In 1972 the company opened its first international location in Japan, and in 1986 established a European presence with its London store.

The beautiful silver jewelry pieces from the early days of Tiffany are so classic in their craftsmanship and design that many of tiffany schmuck shop the original pieces are still sold in some form today. Antique Tiffany pieces that are still in that famous, original light blue boxes can fetch huge money at estate sales and online auctions. The light blue color packaging continues to be the calling card symbol of jewelry from Tiffany & Company.

Some of the goods and products that could be purchased at Tiffany & Company early in the company's career include many different silver jewelry pieces, monogrammed sets for dressers, presentation bowls, silver cups and saucers designed for tiffany schmuck online children, silver trays for business cards, men's dressing sets and silver game pieces. One especially popular item from the late 1800s was the souvenir spoons made Tiffany & Company and copied by many other manufacturers.