Adam's Fine Jewellery & Watches 8th December 2020

T uesday 8 th D ecember 2020. S tarting at 4 pm 64 73 A ROCK CRYSTAL AND AMETHYST MULTI DROP PENDANT, BY VIVIANNA TORUN BÚLOW-HUBE FOR GEORG JENSEN, CIRCA 1970 The large pendant suspending polished rock crystal and amethyst drops, mounted in silver, with maker’s mark for Georg Jensen since 1945, stamped ‘925 S’ & ‘Denmark’, numbered ‘135’, length 9.5cm, width 6.8cm € 700 - 900 For similar examples of this pendant, see pages 53 & 162 from ‘Georg Jen- sen,ATradition Of Splendid Silver’ by Janet Drucker 74 A SODALITE SILVER RING, DESIGNED BY VIVIANNA TORUN BÚLOW-HUBE FOR GEORG JENSEN Composed of an oval-shaped cabochon sodalite plaque, with a wrap-around hoop, mounted in silver, with maker’s mark for ‘Georg Jensen’ since 1945, numbered ‘190’, stamped’ 925 S’ silver & ‘Denmark’, ring size O½ € 300 - 500 75 A SILVER BROOCH, DESIGNED BY HENNING KOPPEL FOR GEORG JENSEN, CIRCA 1950 Designed as an abstract sail boat, with maker’s mark for ‘Georg Jensen’ since 1945, numbered ‘375’, stamped ‘925 S Denmark’, width 7cm € 150 - 250 Born in Malmö, Sweden in 1927 Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe , moved to Paris in the 1950s to pursue her career as a jewellery designer. She quickly gained recognition for work and became one of the most important 20th century jewellers and silversmiths. In 1960 she received the Lunning Prize, an award for emerging innovative Scandinavian designers, and a gold medal at the MilanTriennale. Following these successes she met Danish sil- versmith Georg Jensen, with whom she designed for exclusively from 1969. Torun, is how she is known and how she signs her work, is best known for her distinctive style of contemporary, elegant and simple designs which in- clude smooth stones Torun started to work with Jensen in 1967 and is the designer behind some of the most famous Georg Jensen jewellery designs, including 'Mobius', 'The Vivianna / OpenWatch', 'Beans', 'Forget me knot' and 'Hidden Heart'. To- run's work was inspired by natural shapes, transforming metal into flexible forms such as flowers, leaves and flowing water – especially the beach, she remarked on her own designs, which "should enhance and move with the body so that it blends with you. It must not overwhelm, but enhance you". She created sculptural, simple, spiral forms that winded around the neck and body.This was deliberate as she liked her jewellery to compliment the figure of a woman. She preferred rock crystals and rutilated quartz rather than precious gemstones.Torun’s work is featured in many museums inter- nationally.