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A DIAMOND, CABOCHON EMERALD, TURQUOISE, ENAMEL AND GOLD "CHICKEN LITTLE" BROOCH, DESIGNED BY DONALD CLAFLIN FOR TIFFANY & CO.
The sculpted gold bird wearing a pav-set diamond hat extending a sculpted gold feather, and blue enamel knickers with a white enamel belt, his eye set with an oval cabochon emerald and beak set with fancy cabochon turquoise, the eye, beak and wing enhanced by pav-set diamonds, mounted in 18K gold, circa 1969
signed Tiffany & Co., No. 6748
Donald Claflin, a dynamic American-born jewelry designer, joined Tiffany & Co. in 1965 and quickly gained recognition for his whimsical and innovative jewelry. Following his highly successful years with Tiffany & Co., he became a major designer for Bulgari and died in 1979, leaving an enormous gap in the ranks of imaginative and productive American jewelry deigners.
The sculpted gold bird wearing a pav-set diamond hat extending a sculpted gold feather, and blue enamel knickers with a white enamel belt, his eye set with an oval cabochon emerald and beak set with fancy cabochon turquoise, the eye, beak and wing enhanced by pav-set diamonds, mounted in 18K gold, circa 1969
signed Tiffany & Co., No. 6748
Donald Claflin, a dynamic American-born jewelry designer, joined Tiffany & Co. in 1965 and quickly gained recognition for his whimsical and innovative jewelry. Following his highly successful years with Tiffany & Co., he became a major designer for Bulgari and died in 1979, leaving an enormous gap in the ranks of imaginative and productive American jewelry deigners.