The traditional jewelry store "Gebr. Godet & Co." (Berlin) goes back to the Huguenot gold and silversmith Jean Godet (1732-1796). His grandfather, Abraham Godet, settled in Berlin in 1685 as a refugee. Jean Godet founded Schlossfreiheit No. 1 on January 16, 1761 at the Berlin address. 4 the company "Jean Godet". From 1771 he was a member of the consistory of the French Church in Berlin and died in 1796 at the age of 64. His successor is his son Jean Jacques Godet (*1770-1817), who took over the business as a goldsmith in 1812 and, like his father, belonged to the consistory of the French Church in Berlin. He was followed by a son, Jean Frédéric Godet (1798-1860): also a goldsmith by profession, he ran the business from 1818 and was a member of the representation of the French colony. In 1828, Godet received a patent as court jeweler from the Prussian royal family. Under the name »J. Godet & Sohn" advertised the company around 1850 as a "gold, silver and cast iron goods factory", whose products also included medals and decorations. Pierre Jean Godet (also: Jean Pierre, 1823-1880), who, like his father Jean Frédéric, continued the long line of goldsmiths, was appointed purveyor to the court in 1861 by the Prussian King and later Emperor Wilhelm I (1797-1888). When he died, his wife, Elisabeth Godet (1844-1919, née Traberth) ran the business together with her brother Carl Traberth until their sons Jean Louis Jules Godet (1864-1933) and Jacques Eugène Godet (1866-1947) came of age. further. The two brothers joined the company in 1887 and became its owners from 1891. Godet location Friedrichstrasse 167/168, Berlin (from 1893). In 1893, the Godet brothers moved their business premises to Friedrichstrasse 167/168 (Berlin), where the name “J. Godet & Son. Court Jewelers of His Majesty the Emperor and King” and in the 1920s the company name “Gebr. Godet & Co.” is guaranteed. In 1925 or 1926 Godet was finally taken over by the “royal Prussian court jeweler” and goldsmith Ferdinand Richard Wilm (1880-1971). After the end of the Second World War, Wilm moved the company headquarters to Aumühle in 1945. Three years later, H. J. Wilm moved to Hamburg into a shop at Ballindamm number 8, elegantly designed by the architects Tinneberg and vom Berg. The jeweler manufactured here in particular silver tableware and jewel jewelry and created honorary awards and special orders for the council silver of cities such as Berlin, Pforzheim and Düsseldorf , Hamburg or Hanau. Wilm created many pieces in the range several times, but also designed new, contemporary pieces. For custom-made pieces, he used the services of artisans such as the silversmith Erwin Winkler and Vera Crodel-Steckner-von Claer. In 1967, Wilm transferred the company to his son Renatus (1927–1998), who continued to run it independently and ceased operations in 1996. His son Marc Wilm (* 1962) re-founded the company on a smaller scale in 1997.
Breast star from the era of Ali Bey (1882-1902).
Silver, enamel.
Size 75.7 mm.