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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 3849039, member: 111&quot;]Hi - welcome to the forums.&nbsp; How lovely for you to have this wonderful heirloom...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m so fond of the Dragestil (dragon-style) sølje, and though have doubts that they&#039;re traditional bunadsølv (Norwegian regional costume silver), but more intended for the general market, they usually seem to have decent age.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t know the &#039;C&#039; or &#039;crescent&#039; mark, though Th. Marthinsen used a less curved crescent mark that faced the other direction (and can&#039;t recall seeing bunadsølv by Marthinsen).&nbsp; Sometimes a piece might be attributed to a maker by the dangles, and as you&#039;ve found, there are slight differences in all but the typical round or teardrop &#039;spoons&#039; - can&#039;t really recall seeing those very unusual, sort of &#039;double gourd&#039; (for lack of a better term) shaped dangles on yours.&nbsp; Personally, don&#039;t believe I&#039;d worry about matching the center dangle, and it likely had filigree bits (which also have numerous differences) that dropped the center piece below the two side pieces, but wouldn&#039;t be particularly unusual for it to be different in shape, so would look for a different shape, something like the center &#039;cross&#039; on this sølje:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]318964[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-NORWAY-SOLJE-WEDDING-BROOCH-830-SILVER/164720225618?hash=item265a172d52:g:KKoAAOSwZsRgNWXs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-NORWAY-SOLJE-WEDDING-BROOCH-830-SILVER/164720225618?hash=item265a172d52:g:KKoAAOSwZsRgNWXs" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-NORWAY-SOLJE-WEDDING-BROOCH-830-SILVER/164720225618?hash=item265a172d52:g:KKoAAOSwZsRgNWXs</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Hallingdal based Sando site is one of my favorites for bunadsølv:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.bunadsolje.com/en.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bunadsolje.com/en.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.bunadsolje.com/en.html</a> - lots of interesting information, and handily available in English language.&nbsp; Not sure if they offer the dangles for sale on their own, but might be worth asking - the only piece I&#039;ve needed to restore was suitably taken care of with an orphaned earring, cheaply procured, but if you find a source for other than the odd bits, please let us know!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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