SOLID 18K GOLD ANGELA CUMMINGS VINTAGE 1984 SEAGULL PIN BROOCH

2.8 grams Yellow 18K Gold Stamped and signed Austrian-born Angela Cummings immigrated to the United States at age three and returned to Europe to study at the Art Academy in Perugia, Italy, and at the Zeichenakademie in Germany. A skilled designer and metalsmith — her training was in goldsmithing and gemology — she joined Tiffany & Co. in 1967, and eight years later designed her own collection for the renowned store under her name, which was a notable achievement; at the time, Tiffany had very few name-brand designers whose work was sold in the store. Paloma Picasso, Jean Schlumberger, and Elsa Peretti are among those few who enjoyed this esteemed honor. In 1984, she left Tiffany and opened her own boutique diagonally opposite Tiffany in Bergdorf Goodman, and soon her work was sold in numerous prestigious boutiques around the country.