1950 Rare Laurence Foss Georg Jensen Designer Sterling Silver Bracelet

Rare Sterling Silver Moss Agate Bangle, Bent Knudsen Denmark C.1960. Signed Bent K Sterling Denmark. Design number 173. Item Weight 60.48 grams. Will fit up to ...

Rare 1950's Vintage Georg Jensen Henning Koppel Sterling Silver Necklace is set with amazonite clasp. Designed by Henning Koppel in Koppel’s...

Georg Jensen Henning Koppel Sterling Silver Bracelet, Amoeba #89. Designed by Henning Koppel 1918 - 1981. Stamped with post 1945 Hallmarks dotted oval Georg Jensen, Sterling, Denmark...

Vivianna Torun Bulow Hube for George Jensen, a rare Sterling Silver Necklace with reddish brown banded agate detachable pendant on collar, Denmark, C. 1975, stamped Georg Jensen in a dotted oval, Denmark, Torun, 133 pendant and 160 collar and 925S. Will fit up to 16 inch neck, pendant drop approximately 2.75 inches, width of agate 2 inches. Item Weight: 123 grams. Ref: The Jewellery Box Jens Ingvordsen P.275. Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hube know as Torun, was born 1927 in Malmo, Sweden. Torun was the first woman silversmith in the world to gain international recognition. She studied at Konstfack, the School of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, beginning in 1945 while pregnant with her first child, Pia. Eventually she married the child's father, a Danish journalism student. In 1948, Torun spent the summer in Paris meeting Picasso, Braque, Matisse, and the other great artists of the day. She married a French architect and lived in Stockholm until 1956 having a second child, a son, Claude. As early as 1952, Torun exhibited her jewelry, made both in Stockholm and France (and bearing hallmarks from each country) in Paris. In 1956 she moved to France with her third husband, Walter Coleman. She designed jewelry for among others, Billie Holiday which Holiday wore when she performed. The couple moved to Biot in the south of France. Torun produced many pieces during this period when young Swedish silversmiths would come to work in her studio, introducing her to new techniques. Torun renewed her acquaintance with Picasso who lived in the area and an exhibition of Torun jewelry...