Not Jewellery

[fionaess]

Some of you may know that I have been clearing out the contents of my late mother's flat.. an absolute nightmare!  However I did find this.. and its just lovely.  It was made probably in the late 1950's by an Icelandic silversmith called Jens Guðjónsson.


P1000547 by Fiona1953, on Flickr

[Sulis (Hazel)]

Wow that's really special, I like that.

xx

[flame n fuse]

Beautiful! and sympathies with flat clearing.

[Bubblebeads]

It is a sad way to find something so beautiful and while worth getting it valued as some of those designers are well respected.

[Pat from Canvey]

Well worth keeping as a reminder of your mother's taste in all things beautiful. We finally cleared MIL's house recently and sold it early this year.

[kerensky]

Oh - that is lovely,  what is it, a cake slice/server ?

Whatever it is, I really like it.

[nuttybeader]

That is beautiful.  It is so nice finding something like that it makes the job so much easier.

[Blue Box Studio]

or is it a fish slice?  It is beautiful, wonderful craftsmanship.

[fionaess]

Well, I thought it was a cake slice... however it could be a fish slice or even for lifting herring onto your plate.....(ooohhhh... Im in heaven, I just adore herring)  What I need is somone from Iceland/Scandanavia to come in with some idea of what it could have been used for

[Blue Box Studio]

There'll be a collectors club for Jens Guðjónsson I'm sure.  I had some silver buttons by someone else, found a club and asked them if these were by whatsisname and half the world seemed to come back to me with information.  Sadly I still have the buttons but can't find the information    Google to the rescue .....?

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

See it was worth starting on the crap to start finding the treasures wasn't it

[turnedlight]

Cool, that's really lovely!