Charles L. Tiffany and the House of Tiffany and Co e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The business had now grown to such proportions that the disadvantages of importing stock without a thorough per sonal knowledge of what the European markets afforded were daily growing more evident. After the addition to the firm, it was decided that one of the members should go abroad in search of novelties for their exclusive trade. This method of Mr. Tiffany's for obtaining choice selections for retailing at first hand was a unique one fifty years ago. Mr. Young was selected to make the trip, and being well supplied with letters of introduction from prominent person ages, he had an entre'e to all the leading European houses. He returned home with the choicest examples of the novelties to be found abroad.