1960s Crystal “Bone” Series Bowl Designed by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Company

A rare hand crafted crystel footed bowl from the “Bone” series designed by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Company in the mid 1980’s.

Elsa Peretti (1940 – 2021) was an Italian fashion model, designer and muse of fashion designer Halston during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Peretti designed jewelry for Halston’s collections, in 1974 Halston introduced Peretti to the CEO of Tiffany’s, Walter Hoving, she was signed immediately. By 1978 Peretti was Tiffany’s leading designer. At the height of Peretti’s popularity in the 1980’s, she left New York and moved to an abandoned village she had bought in the 1970’s near Barcelona, Spain. Between 2009 and 2011, Peretti designs represented 10% of Tiffany’s profits. In 2012, Peretti signed a 20 year contract with Tiffany for 49 million dollars.

During Peretti’s time in Spain in the 1980’s, she branched out into homeware with pieces in china, crystel and silver. The crystel “Bone” series fish bowl and stand were designed during this period. Peretti’s pieces are owned by the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, the British Museum in London and the Museum Of Fine Arts in both Boston and Houston.

The footed bowl measures approximately 7 inches tall and is 6 1/2 inches in diameter. The bottom of the foot has a faint acid etched mark “Elsa Peretti For Tiffany & Co. The footed bowl is not marked with place of origin but was probably hand crafted in Belgium.