{"product_id":"an-18k-yellow-gold-bracelet-lapponia","title":"An 18K yellow gold bracelet, LAPPONIA","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis very wide, textured, deeply rich-yellow gold bracelet is made up of seven panels with a hidden push clasp within the eighth panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe clasp stamped 750, Finland, Q7 for 1969 and BW for Björn Weckström.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e128.1 grams, 19cm long x 3.5cm wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBjörn Weckström and LAPPONIA are staple names in mid-century jewellery but to have such a wide and large bracelet is very unique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBiography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn Finland, 1935.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough he longed to be a sculptor, Weckström attended the Goldsmith's school instead from which he graduated in 1956.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing his graduation Weckström took a loan from his family in order to buy his first workshop in Helsinki, and set to work making bold clean Scandinavian forms at first but quicky thereafter, in the 60s, found his own bold and sculptural ground-breaking style that would never leave him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis inspiration often comes from nature seen in his silver jewellery portraying the Finnish snowy winters, for example.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1963 a collaboration led to the founding of Lapponia Jewelery of which Weckstom becomes the company’s designer and art director.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1965 Weckström took part in the International Jewellery contest in Rio de Janeiro winning the Grand Prix with his necklace “Flowering Wall” launching Lapponia’s international success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis designs have been in continuous production with Lapponia ever since and Weckstrom continues to work in jewellery and sculpture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRAM Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58159101706620,"sku":null,"price":15000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3577\/6636\/files\/Fram_102026-08.jpg?v=1793973057","url":"https:\/\/www.framjewellery.com\/products\/an-18k-yellow-gold-bracelet-lapponia","provider":"FRAM Jewellery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}