Jorma Laine for Turun Hopea Finland Sterling Silver 3D Flower Ring Circa 1976

Size:  7.5-US / 56-EU / P-UK   

Face: 1"L x .75"W (2.54cm x 1.91cm)

Markings: Turun Hopea Maker's Mark - Single Crown Country Mark - 830 - City of Turku Mark - Y7 Date Mark - Finland - Jorma Laine Signature

Weighs: 9.1g

Stunning sterling ring from the house of Turun Hopea. Designed and signed by Jorma Laine, the ring features a split shank for ease of sizing up or down and a 3-D cutout raised bouquet of flowers. It has not been cleaned or polished yet and has great patina. It will be cleaned and polished before shipping unless buyer prefers it not to be.

Jorma Laine (1930-2002) was a Finnish jewelry designer who worked with Turun Hopea in the 1970s. He was one of the most unique voices in the history of Scandinavian jewelry, and is considered one of the most interesting Nordic silversmiths of the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a very characteristic abstract, modernistic style of working with silver and bronze, and is best known his work for the firm Turun Hopea, but he also worked for the firm Kultateollisuus Ky and his own firm Silver-Laine. He lived large parts of his life as a recluse in a cabin deep in the Finnish woods. There he lived close to the wildlife and got his inspiration from nature itself but also the from local myths of spirits and gnomes. His pieces range from beautiful geometrical pieces inspired by snowflakes to whimsical but oddly beautifull small sourly portraits of spirits.