Tiffany & Co. Paloma Picasso “Squiggle” 18K Brooch

Paloma Picasso — daughter of Pablo — became one of Tiffany’s defining designers by drawing the way her father did: fast, loose, sure. Her “Squiggle” motif is exactly that impulse frozen in gold, a single confident gesture turned into jewelry. This brooch is the real thing: solid 18K yellow gold, signed on the reverse with the copyright mark, the Paloma Picasso signature, “Tiffany & Co.,” and 750, and tested positive for 18K. It weighs a substantial 11.19 grams — gold you feel, not gold plate — and it carries the whole appeal of Paloma’s work: modern, gestural, unmistakably an artist’s line rather than a jeweler’s pattern. To wear it is to wear two signatures at once, Tiffany’s and a Picasso’s. Excellent condition, a piece of design history from the house that has set the standard for American luxury for nearly two centuries.