TIFFANY & CO. 1977 Angela Cummings Lapis Comas Clips On Earrings In 18Kt

"Comas" clips-on earrings designed by Angela Cummings for Tiffany Co. This is a beautiful and extremely rare pair of clips-on earrings, created in New York city by Angela Cummings, for Tiffany Co., back in 1977. These clips-on earrings are strong collector’s items and have been carefully crafted in the shape of two comas in solid yellow gold of 18 karats, with polished finish. They are embellished with two carvings of natural Afghani blue lapis lazuli and fitted at the reverse with comfortable hinged omega backs for fastening closure. The addition of gold posts for pierced ears can be easily done. Country: United States. Period: Modernism, 1977. Lapis Lazuli: Mounted with 2 fancy cabochons cut of natural lapis lazuli, carved in the shape of comas. Weight: 14.6 Grams, (9.36 Dwt.). Measures: 23 mm by 18 mm by 7 mm (0.91 x 0.71 x 0.28 Inches). Hallmarks: They are both stamped with the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the .750/.999 gold and signed as follows, "TCO 18 KT". Angela Cummings  She was born in 1944 in Klagenfurt in Austria. She takes her education at the art academy in Perugia, Italy and at the Zeichenakademie in Hanau, West Germany. in the 1967 she joined Tiffany Co working under the guidance of Donald Claflin and in the 1975, she was the artistic director for her exclusive line brand Cummings. in 1984 she started her own line of jewelry to be retailed exclusively at an in-boutique store at Bergdorf Goodman, in New York city. Now she