Featured John Lauritzen Denmark Bracelet

It really stood out for me, I find it nicely distinctive. ❤️Maven

 

I agree, a beauty INH!

 

It is a lovely bracelet. Though it might be, the 'Sterling' mark is not necessarily an indicator of later production (and it's only a fairly small 26 year window, anyway), entirely possible that it was intended for sale to the American or British buyer, rather than a local market where .830 would be common, Lauritzen pieces can also occasionally be found in .800 silver (perhaps marketed to Germany, Italy, etc.)

Though they'd used it along with .826 and .830 silver, as did other Danish makers (I have a few 1890s Danish spoons in sterling), Georg Jensen switched to all sterling production in 1927, using both 'Sterling' and '925S' marks, and made it very clear their reason was to appeal to a broader market, those customers more accustomed to a sterling standard. 'Sterling' also appears on fairly early Danish souvenir spoons, and if I recall correctly, Anton Michelsen used 'Sterling' on most, if not all, of their Christmas spoons, starting in 1910, as well on other items, as did numerous other silver makers. Danish silver was/is marked in a number of different ways, regardless of legislation...


Two Lauritzen .800 bracelets:









Same design in sterling:





~Cheryl

 

Another design bracelet and a matching brooch in .800 silver:






And an old listing for the same bracelet, described as sterling (no mark pic available):





~Cheryl

 

Scandinavian silver is usually of very good quality and design - sounds like maybe you're developing a slight addiction?

~Cheryl

 

Both of my father's grandmothers were Danish immigrants, I've always been fascinated with Vikings and had an early love of Scandinavian design - all the other girls wanted that icky white 'French Provincial' bedroom furniture, and I was begging for Danish Modern...

~Cheryl