a silver box, an etui and a toothpick, executed in her studio in France, early 1960s
An asymmetrical box, the lid with a rutile qvartz, ca 4,7 x 4,5 cm, height 3 cm, an asymmetrical etui ca 6,5 x 2,2 cm, height 11 cm, an 18 k gold toothpick ending with a cabochon cut moonstone in an etui, length 8 cm, French hallmarks and stamped TORUN, total weight ca 265 g.
Acquired directly from Torun in Biot, France by a Swedish couple in the early 1960s.
Ann Westin, "TORUN Conversations with Vivianna Torun Bülow Hübe", Bokförlaget Langenskiöld, Stockholm 2021. Box and etui depicted p 118.
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, often known simply as Torun, was one of Sweden's most important 20th century silversmiths and a master jeweller. She is the first female silversmith to have become internationally noted.
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