Adam's Fine Jewellery & Watches 5th December 2023

T uesday 5 th D ecember 2023 . S tarting at 4 pm 56 66 A DIAMOND AND SEED PEARL BROOCH, BY JEAN COMOY, CIRCA 1955 Of openwork bow design, centring brilliant-cut diamonds to seed pearl borders with scrolling detailing, mounted in 18K gold and platinum, with maker’s mark ‘JC’ for Jean Comoy, French assay mark, with gold security chain, with maker’s case, width 6.4cm € 1,800 - 2,200 65 AN 18K GOLD NECKLACE, BY CARLO WEINGRILL, CIRCA 1955 The highly articulated graduating fancy-link necklace, in 18K gold, with maker’s mark for Carlo Weingrill, Italian regis- try mark between 1944-1968 for Carlo Weingrill, length 38cm € 2,000 - 3,000 Jean Comoy was a Lyon-based jeweller whose passion was to make beautiful, and intricate designs. With the help of his fam- ily Jean opened his jewellery store in the heart of Lyon, France, around the 1930’s, where he worked for the rest of his life. He trained his two sons, and further on his grandson, Jan-Charles, who would eventually take over the family business. Jan-Charles still recalls when his grandfather would tell him “Don’t think about your future, you will be a jeweller!”. De- spite having started working for the family business at a young age, upon finishing school at 16, Jan-Charles officially became a jeweller and was set to work right away under the supervision of his father and uncle. Not much has changed in the company over the past 90 years, Jan-Charles has continued his grandfather’s concept: no store, no window displays, just an atelier that takes appointments and meets with clients directly in the atelier. He prides himself and his family on being “pure artisans”. Most of his clients find out about him by word of mouth. But the rest, he says, are all the grandchildren of his grandfather’s clients. This makes him both happy and nostalgic, as he often finds himself mending or re-designing a piece brought in that was made by his grandfa- ther years prior. His atelier is located on Rue Cuvier in Lyon, as it has been since its opening, over 90 years ago, and where it will remain as the business gets passed down throughout the generations.