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Charles Lewis Tiffany

American businessman and jeweller (1812–1902)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 26, 2026
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Charles Lewis Tiffany was an American businessman and jeweler who founded New York City's Tiffany & Co. in 1837. Known for his jewelry expertise, Tiffany created the country's first retail catalog and introduced the English standard of sterling silver in imported jewelry in 1851.

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“Charles Lewis Tiffany” enters the record as american businessman and jeweller (1812–1902). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Charles, Lewis and Tiffany can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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