A big vintage 1970s handmade sterling silver and rose quartz abstract modernist pendant on neckring necklace from Kaunis Koru of Helsinki Finland. A lovely and very wearable design likely by Mirjam Salminen who was one of the principal designers at Kaunis Koru at the time! The pendant measures 2" by 2" and hangs on a 17" wearable neckring. Total weight for the necklace is 25.5 grams. The pendant is marked with the Kaunis Koru maker mark, the benchmark "AP" for Kari Aarre Apell, the date letter V7 for 1974, the Finnish national silver mark, and "925" for sterling silver. The accompanying neckring is unmarked, but has been tested and is guaranteed to be sterling silver. Kaunis Koru was a design studio, so they never made the items themselves, they contracted with local silversmiths. Over the years, most of the greats of Finnish Silver design worked at Kaunis Koru including Pekka Piekainen, Bjorn Weckstrom, Mirjam Salminen, and many others. Excellent vintage condition.

Mirjam Salminen for Kaunis Koru Finland sterling silver and rose quartz modernist necklace circa 1970s.

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a RARE vintage 1990s handmade sterling silver and spectrolite statement modernist cocktail ring from Kaunis Koru of Helsinki Finland. A large statement ring that makes quite an impression on the hand! I am attributing this ring design to Mirjam Salminen based on similar designs shown in the "Finnish Silver" book from 1989. Mirjam Salminen (1918–1994) was an important designer in Finnish jewelry history. Her designs are always clean-lined and sculptural in a classic mid-century Scandinavian modern style! This big and bold statement ring features four oval deep rich blue spectrolite flat-top cabochons with rich flashes of orange, green and yellow when held up to a strong light source like sunlight. Measures 1.25" long by 1/2" wide at top with an adjustable band that is presently at a size 9.5 US, but will fit most fingers with a little tweaking. Weighs 4.1 grams total. As shown in the last photo, the ring is marked with KK mark for Kaunis Koru, local silversmith mark "MKR", "925" and date letter "S8" for 1995. Though this ring was made in the 1990s, it was designed by Salminen in the 60s/70s era and is quite a rare find. The only example of it that I've seen! Kaunis Koru was a design studio, so they never made the items themselves, they contracted with local silversmiths to actually hand fabricate their designs. (Some sellers mistake the silversmith mark as a designer mark, attributing the design to the silversmith, but this is erroneous. Kaunis Koru never used designer marks, and their designs can only be attributed based on similarity to known designs. One source for this information is the book, Finnish Silver, which shows many known designs by the designers that worked at Kaunis Koru.) Over the years, most of the greats of Finnish Silver design worked at Kaunis Koru including Pekka Piekainen, Bjorn Weckstrom, Mirjam Salminen, Paula Häiväoja, and many others. Excellent vintage condition.

A large sterling silver and spectrolite modernist ring designed by Mirjam Salminen for Kaunis Koru of Helsinki, Finland.

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a BIG vintage 1970s handmade sterling silver and rose quartz statement cocktail ring from Kaunis Koru of Helsinki Finland. A big and very bold statement ring with a lovely pale pink rose quartz cabochon with rough live-edge at top! The color of the stone looks a little muddy in my photos, but actually it is a pure pale pink really lovely color. Measures 1-1/8" long by 7/8" wide at top and rises 1/2" above the finger. Size 8 US. Weighs a hefty 18.8 grams total. Marked with KK mark for Kaunis Koru, also silversmith mark for Kari Puranen on Helsinki, also Finnish silver mark, "925" and date letter "U7" for 1973. Excellent vintage condition

A large vintage 1970s handmade sterling silver and rose quartz modernist ring by Kaunis Koru of Finland...

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a BIG vintage 1970s handmade sterling silver and green chalcedony modernist cocktail ring by Kultaseppa Salovaara of Finland. Great modernist design that makes a statement on the finger! Measures 7/8" by 3/4" at top, rises 1/2" above the finger, adjustable band presently a size 8 but can be easily sized up or down several sizes, and weighs 5.67 grams total. Marked as shown with the maker mark for Kultaseppa Salovaara, also marked "925 Finland" and two additional marks that are probably import marks to another European country though I can't make them out well enough to say for sure. Excellent vintage condition.

Entirely handmade sterling silver and chalcedony geometric modernist 'star' sphere ring by Kultaseppa Salovaara of Finland circa 1970...

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