€105
Star Lot: A stunning example of Marika Murnaghan (1940-1988) designer white spinel sterling silver statement ring. Ring size R. Weight 12.54 grams. Stamped to ring.
It is hard to imagine that back in the 1970s in Ireland there was a hugely successful, pioneering jewellery company if you think of the disastrous economic situation in Ireland at that time. With thousands unemployed and many more having emigrated. It would not seem like the best time to open a jewellery business on paper. But that is just what Swedish born, Marika Murnaghan did. And she did it well, at the height of the business she had between 30 to 40 people working in her workshop based on Capel Street and later Bow Lane East under her business’ name Marika Jewellery. Producing the jewellery pieces needed to keep up the insatiable demand for her work. During its heyday she had shops in London, Cork, Dun Laoghaire, Capel Street, Dublin Airport, and the famous shop in Grafton Street. Marika has left a legacy behind her of enormous proportions. Although, somewhat unheard of today, she was a remarkable silver/goldsmith, designer, and businesswoman. A true renaissance woman. With appearances on Gay Byrne’s the Late Late Show and often the subject of generous newspaper articles and the ‘who’s who about town’. She was a well-loved part of the Irish design world and made a large stamp on the county she called home.
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