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    <periodOfReport>2014-05-29</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>TIFFANY &amp; CO</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001291809</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Singer Robert S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>TIFFANY &amp; CO.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>727 FIFTH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $.01 Par</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2014-05-29</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>98.248</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>7761</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually received ranged from $98.2410 to $98.2600 per share. The reporting person's broker has provided to the issuer and issuer will provide any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Ewa M. Abrams, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-05-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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X0306
4
2014-05-29
0
0000098246
TIFFANY & CO
TIF
0001291809
Singer Robert S
TIFFANY & CO.
727 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK
NY
10022
1
0
0
0
Common Stock $.01 Par
2014-05-29
4
S
0
2000
98.248
D
7761
D
The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually received ranged from $98.2410 to $98.2600 per share. The reporting person's broker has provided to the issuer and issuer will provide any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.
/s/ Ewa M. Abrams, Attorney-in-Fact
2014-05-30