Fit for a Queen

A while ago I blogged about a new store I found on Queen Street - Atomic - which houses a truly cheeful and elegant mid-century modern collection of housewares. Seriously, if you want to find that perfect canary melamine carafe or alpine-worthy fondue set, this is the place for you.

Lawrence, the owner and curator, is actually trained in gemmology. So it isn't surprising that he's collected a small and sexy cache of modernist Scandi silver jewelry:

Photo courtesy of a really great TO design blog Kitka

I purchased a ring that just called to me with the song of the siren (it's the one circled above). Foolishly, I didn't find out anything about the designer, though I did learn that the piece was Norwegian, from the late 50's and that it was typical of its generation.

Yesterday I was chatting with Trish at Ewanika and, when I showed her my ring (I wear it constantly) she told me she'd seen it online. Five minutes later I learned that Anna Greta Eker was the designer and that she had produced a number of similar rings, to wit:

This ring has more tynes than mine, courtesy of rubylane.com

Ms. Eker was apparently Finnish by birth but she designed in Norway in the 50's and 60's. I didn't realize, till I did some digging around, that the initials AGE stamped on the inside of my ring along with the Norwegian flag and 925 sterling signature is the brand - Anna Greta Eker's initials! I LOVE knowing this. I imagine that, one day, the peeps'll be looking up timeless WendyB jewels in just this way.

What a joyful piece of wearable art.