Tiffany & Co. 1982 Angela Cummings Lapis Checkerboard Earrings In 18Kt

Checkerboard earrings, designed by Angela Cummings for Tiffany Co. This is a beautiful vintage geometric pair of earrings, created in New Yor City by Angela Cummings for Tiffany Co. back in 1982. These clip-on earrings have been carefully crafted with a squared shape in solid yellow gold of 18 karats with high polished finish and embellished with an inlaid setting of 12 carved square pieces of natural blue lapis lazuli, creating an interesting checkerboard geometric pattern. They are fitted at the reverse with comfortable French omega backs for fastening clips. The post option for pierced ears can be easily added.  Weight: 17.8 grams (11.42 Dwt). Measurements: 20 mm by 20 mm (0.80 x 0.80 Inches). Hallmarks: They are both stamped at the reverse with the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the .750/.999 gold and signed as follows, "TCO 1982 18KT". 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's retired from the jewelry business. A very nice and rare collector's piece, both her signed pieces for Tiffany Co. created in the 1970's