Necklace
1845 (made)
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Although traditional jewellery was worn throughout Sweden, and has a distinct Swedish character, there are marked differences between the different provinces. Skåne province, in the extreme south of Sweden, has the richest tradition, and more jewellery was worn there than in any other district. Almost all the Swedish traditional jewellery at the V&A comes from Skåne.
The most popular necklace was a choker, made of several chains fastened at the front with a large decorative snap clasp. These clasps are often decorated with filigree and coloured pastes. Swedish traditional jewellers made lavish use of coloured glass. Red was the most popular colour, as everywhere in Europe, often mixed with green or blue. The small loop on the lower edge would have held a small pendent heart.
The clasp on this necklace has a full set of Swedish silver marks. It is marked with the Swedish 'cat's paw' standard mark, the town mark of Simrishamn, the date letter P4, for 1845, and the maker's mark AF. Anders Flinkenberg was a silversmith who specialised in traditional jewellery, who worked in Simrishamn from 1820 to 1866.
The most popular necklace was a choker, made of several chains fastened at the front with a large decorative snap clasp. These clasps are often decorated with filigree and coloured pastes. Swedish traditional jewellers made lavish use of coloured glass. Red was the most popular colour, as everywhere in Europe, often mixed with green or blue. The small loop on the lower edge would have held a small pendent heart.
The clasp on this necklace has a full set of Swedish silver marks. It is marked with the Swedish 'cat's paw' standard mark, the town mark of Simrishamn, the date letter P4, for 1845, and the maker's mark AF. Anders Flinkenberg was a silversmith who specialised in traditional jewellery, who worked in Simrishamn from 1820 to 1866.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver set with red, green and blue pastes and decorated with filigree |
| Brief description | Silver choker necklace with elaborate filigree clasp set with coloured pastes, Skåne (Sweden), 1845. |
| Physical description | Choker consisting of four parallel panzer chains, of graduated lengths, with a large rectangular snap clasp at the front. The clasp is decorated with filigree tracery and set with ten faceted pear-shaped red pastes, with a border of smaller red, green and blue pastes round the two largest. There is a loop on the lower edge, which would have held a heart-shaped pendant. |
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| Summary | Although traditional jewellery was worn throughout Sweden, and has a distinct Swedish character, there are marked differences between the different provinces. Skåne province, in the extreme south of Sweden, has the richest tradition, and more jewellery was worn there than in any other district. Almost all the Swedish traditional jewellery at the V&A comes from Skåne. The most popular necklace was a choker, made of several chains fastened at the front with a large decorative snap clasp. These clasps are often decorated with filigree and coloured pastes. Swedish traditional jewellers made lavish use of coloured glass. Red was the most popular colour, as everywhere in Europe, often mixed with green or blue. The small loop on the lower edge would have held a small pendent heart. The clasp on this necklace has a full set of Swedish silver marks. It is marked with the Swedish 'cat's paw' standard mark, the town mark of Simrishamn, the date letter P4, for 1845, and the maker's mark AF. Anders Flinkenberg was a silversmith who specialised in traditional jewellery, who worked in Simrishamn from 1820 to 1866. |
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| Accession number | 390-1886 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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