The official, brilliant yellow Tiffany Diamond–128.54 carats–was procured from South Africa by Charles Lewis Tiffany in 1878. In honor of the jeweler’s 175th anniversary, the gem will be set on a necklace of white diamonds and welcomed back to its permanent home, at Tiffany & Co. Fifth Avenue in N.Y.C.
Adding to the allure of this stone, only two women have ever worn the Tiffany Diamond. Mrs. Mary Whitehouse wore a lavish necklace set with the diamond for the 1957 Tiffany Ball in Newport, Rhode Island and of course Audrey Hepburn® wore the Jean Schlumberger necklace, cigarette holder in hand and a kitten smile, for the publicity photographs for the 1961 filmBreakfast at Tiffany’s.
