Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

A Spanish silver hinged bangle by Puig Doria, 1970s, of broad plain angular form, the fastener with sprung action, signed to the inside and stamped ‘925’ Made in Spain’, inner diameter 51.5mm. £80-£100

Purchased circa 1979 from El Cortez Inglese, Madrid.

PUIG DORIA is a Spanish Jewel House, founded in 1948 by José Maria Puig Doria who set up his first jewellery workshop on Cale Provenza, Barcelona. By 1958,, he bought the ground floor of the premises, where he exhibited and sold his designs. By 1969, the company had expanded considerably and relocated to its current premises, Avenida Diagonal 612. In 1976, with business continuing to grow, a new store was opened in Geneva and in 1984 in Japan, with three years later, a flagship store in the very centre of Barcelona and another in Valencia.

José received numerous awards and accolades during his long career, the highlight being in 2002 when he was presented the Creu de Sant Jordi Award, one of the highest civil distinctions awarded in Catalonia. He died in 2006 and the business continues under the management of the next generation of the family, Cristina and Beth Puig Doria together with José’s son, José Maria Puig Doria.