Olga Tritt | May Important Jewelry Auction

Hindman is pleased to offer three beautiful brooches by Olga Tritt from a private collection (Lots 130-132, lot 130 not pictured). Each of them includes their original box and receipt from 1969 or 1972.

Tritt immigrated to New York from Russia in 1910. Trained from an early age as a watchmaker, she soon put her skills to work selling jewelry and watches from her own shop, filing a patent for her brand in 1922. She was a clever businesswoman who established a following among important New York clients including the Duchess of Windsor.

Lot 131 | Olga Tritt, Peridot, Tourmaline and Diamond Brooch | $3,000 – 5,000

Olga Tritt jewelry is characterized by large colored gemstones often paired with step cut diamonds for a geometric look. She traveled the world gathering the gems she used in her bold designs—the Caribbean for pearls, India for rubies, sapphires and emeralds, and Brazil for aquamarines and tourmalines. Her travels  informed her style, with influences from Indian Mughal jewelry as well as European Art Deco.

Tritt promoted her business on the radio, in print advertisements in Vogue and the New Yorker and her jewelry was shown on models in fashion magazine editorials, most notably actress Helen Bennett who wore jewels by Olga Tritt paired with pants and Moroccan slippers in a photo by Horst P. Horst.

Lot 132 | Olga Tritt, Aquamarine and Diamond Brooch | $3,000 – 5,000

The Brazilian government commissioned Tritt to design jewelry using Brazilian gems for the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. The showpiece was an extraordinary aquamarine and diamond necklace. In the 1930s, Tritt opened a second shop in Palm Beach, Florida, which remained open following her death, managed by her daughter, until the end of the 20th century. Today she is little-known because she did not sign many of her pieces and not many survive.

Hindman is thrilled to put her pieces in the spotlight in the May Important Jewelry auction.