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 kinetic vintage 1970s handmade sterling silver geometric modernist pendant on chain necklace made by the Hans Berg silversmithy for Kaunis Koru in Helsinki, Finland. A big bold and superbly hand wrought original modernist design from Finland! The little spheres dangle freely inside the flat circles, and move with the movement of the wearer! Kaunis Koru was a design firm that included most of the greats of Finnish modernist jewelry design including Pekka Piekainen, Mirjam Salminen, and many others. Kaunis Koru did not make the jewelry themselves. They contracted with local silversmithies to produce the jewelry designed by their stable of top designers. In this case, the silversmithy was the Hans Berg workshop also in Helsinki. Unfortunately, Kaunis Koru jewelry didn't include designer marks, so who the designer is for a particular piece is usually based on advertisements or company literature or other published materials on the subject, but in many cases a particular design is attributed based on design similarities with other pieces known to be by a particular designer. In this case, I really can't say for sure. This pendant measures 2.75" tall by 2-5/8" wide, and hangs on the 27" original Finnish sterling silver chain. Total weight for the necklace is 25.4 grams. Both pieces are marked, including the Kaunis Koru mark, date letter for 1972, "925H" for sterling silver, Helsinki city mark, Finnish national sterling silver mark, and the Hans Berg silversmithy mark. Excellent vintage condition.

A kinetic Kaunis Koru Finland handmade sterling silver geometric 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 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. She is best known as a designer for the Finnish design jewelry company Kaunis Koru. 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 others. Excellent vintage condition.

Fantastic vintage modernist sterling and spectrolite cocktail ring from Kaunis Koru of 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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