Johann Stanislaus Nepomuk Kühn was born on 13 November 1819 as a son of caretaker in Vienna where he also completed his apprenticeship as a silver smith.
As an apprentice and journeyman, he met and married his great love, and founded a gold- and silver smith manufacturer in Schwäbisch Gmünd in 1860.All Sonja Quandt products are handcrafted unique pieces of verified and certified sterling silver, combined with other high-quality materials such as gold, crystal, glass and precious woods.