Registry entry
Kazanjian
Precision gemstone cutting; notable stones
The house dates itself to 1913 and the brothers Harry and James Kazanjian; the jewelry-history reference Antique Jewelry University records the family fleeing in 1912, ahead of the Genocide, one brother training in Paris lapidary work, and the brothers reuniting in 1918 to start Kazanjian Brothers — a founding-date tension this registry records rather than resolves.
The firm built its name on precision gemstone cutting, and two stones anchor its documented history: the Kazanjian Red Diamond and the Black Star of Queensland.
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