Tiffany & Co.’s Bird on a Rock Soars Anew

In 1965, a little creature perched itself atop a jewel, giving flight to an icon. Jean Schlumberger’s Bird on a Rock was unlike anything Tiffany & Co. had seen before: whimsical yet regal, artful yet lighthearted. A bejeweled bird balanced on an oversized luminous gemstone, it became an emblem of the maison’s daring spirit and Schlumberger’s singular vision—playful, sculptural, and rooted in nature.

Now, nearly 60 years later, this avian muse rises once more.

For the first time, Tiffany reimagines Bird on a Rock as an entire collection. Curated by Nathalie Verdeille, Chief Artistic Officer of Jewellery and High Jewellery, the new fine and high jewellery lines give the iconic bird fresh expression, flitting between naturalism and realism, tradition and innovation.

“For the high jewellery Bird on a Rock designs, we studied birds as Jean Schlumberger did—carefully observing their stances, their feathers, the structures of their wings—to create dynamic forms that seem to flutter and perch upon the wearer,” said Verdeille. “For the fine jewellery collection, we looked at this bird from another perspective, distilling it down to its essence—the wing—and stylizing the motif into elegant, abstract patterns. These sculptural forms intertwine and unfold in textural creations that are as abstract as they are symbolic.”

The collection draws deeply from Tiffany’s gemstone heritage. Tanzanite, a stone first introduced by the House in 1968, glows in a timeless suite of necklace, earrings, and bracelet. Turquoise—long associated with the House and said to have inspired its iconic robin’s-egg blue box—appears in sculptural drops, gripped mid-flight by golden wings. Matching brooches and rings round out the tableau with striking serenity.

And always, there are diamonds, set in intricate layers using Schlumberger-inspired techniques like flame, feather, and rail settings. They shimmer like plumage caught in sunlight. A nod to the designer’s affinity for platinum—weightless, bright, notoriously difficult to tame—cements the tribute.

In this bold new chapter, Bird on a Rock is no longer a singular jewel. It is a language. A memory. A motion. A signature that takes flight, again and again.