ANNA GRETA EKER - a 1960's pendant and torque,
Auction: 27 November 2006 at 11:00 GMT
£383
Description
maker Plus, stamped N, AGE, +, STERLING, NORWAY, the pendant composed of a hammered penannular oval fringed by five drops, each drop composed of two vertical rows of circular wooden beads terminating and conjoined by circular belcher links, the whole suspended from a large jump ring, with waisted hook bale to a hammered torque necklace, also stamped N, 925, S
Dimensions
Lengths: pendant 15cm; torque 13cm
Footnote
Anna Greta Eker married Erling Christoffersen, leader of the silver workshop at the applied arts centre PLUS in Norway. Founded in 1958 this centre was intended as an arena for designers to create good models for industry. Eker's designs are often sculptural and occasionally mobile.