Kuhn & Komor

Kuhn & Komor shop at the Shanghai Palace Hotel
Interior of the shop in Yokohama

Kuhn & Komor, also known colloquially as K&K, was a Hungarian multinational luxury jewelry and specialty retailer, having headquarters in Shanghai, China. K&K produced jewelry, sterling silver, china, crystal, stationery, and personal accessories. K&K was renowned in East Asia for its luxury goods, also being called the "Asprey of Asia."[1]

History

The Komor family was Jewish and originally came from Hungary.[2]

The company openend a shop in the Shanghai Palace Hotel in Shanghai. They later opened a shop on No. 37 Water Street (水町通り) in Yokohama.[3] The company existed roughly until the 1930s, when the outbreak of World War II brought it to an end.[4]

Items by Kuhn & Komor receive high prices on auctions.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://naturalisticspoon.com/Kuhn_And_Komor.html
  2. ↑ http://digitalassets.ushmm.org/photoarchives/detail.aspx?id=1131191
  3. ↑ http://www.inherited-values.com/2011/10/antique-japan-travel-guide-for-westerners/
  4. ↑ http://www.mjgk.com/1/gazdasagikapcsolat/148-kuhnandkomor
  5. ↑ http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21861/lot/383/

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