A simply stunning Tiffany & Co. antique Multi-Stone, Gold Collar Necklace, designed by legendary Tiffany & Co. designer Paulding Farnham for his prominent New York in-laws — and descended in that same family for more than a century — leads a trio of exquisite Tiffany & Co. designed featured in Heritage Auctions‘ Dec. 7, 2015 Jewelry Signature® Auction. ‘Paulding Farnham was the head designer for Tiffany & Co. at the turn of the 20th century,’ said Jill Burgum, Director of Fine Jewelry at Heritage Auctions. ‘He was married to Sally James Farnham, whose sister was Lucia James Madill, the wife of Dr. Grant Madill, a prominent New York physician. Her father, Colonel Edward C. James, was an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, then a noted attorney in the city of New York. According to the family, Dr. Madill commissioned Farnham to design this

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