Adam's Fine Jewellery & Watches 5th December 2023

91 125 AN ELEGANT GEM-SET PANTHER BANGLE, BY PEDERZANI Designed as a stylised panther, the head resting on one paw whilst the other holding its tail, pavé-set throughout with brilliant-cut diamonds accented with circular-cut sapphire spots and ruby eyes, mounted in 18K gold, diamonds approxi- mately 14.00cts total, signed Pederzani, inner diameter 5.5cm, inner length approximately 16.5cm € 18,000 - 22,000 Pederzani is a renowned Italian jewellery house lo- cated in central Milan. Its founder Gino Pederzani was originally from Verona and began his career as a clerk in jewellery shops, where he learned about precious gem- stones. The turbulence brought by World War II forced Pederzani to move from Milan to Porto Ceresio, from where he commuted to work in the city. He struck up a great friendship during this time with Mr. Nannini, a director of a jewellery maison in Milan. In 1943, the pair decided to go into business together and they opened up Nannini-Pederzani jewellers that same year. When Mr. Nannini died in 1947, Gino Pederzani continued to run the business under his own name Pederzani. Gino decided to open his eponymous workshop in an old stamping shop on Via Montenapoleone and officially opened for business on 20 November 1947. Three decades later, Pederzani had established itself as a highly reputable name among Italian jewellers, and in 1976, the aging Gino handed the business down to his two sons. The maison flourished un- der the leadership of Gino’s son Claudio throughout the 70s and 80s, who ensured that the firm became renowned for the distinctive creation of heart-shaped diamond cuts and ‘fancy yellow’ diamonds. From the 1990s onwards, a third generation of Pederzani’s now ensures that the lega- cy of their grandfather Gino Pederzani lives on.