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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2003096, member: 2844&quot;]Gorgeous, Barn. Cheryl&#039;s ID is right.</p><p>Groningen was my first guess, from the design and weight of the buckle. These &#039;Empire&#039; (French pronunciation) style designs were especially popular in the northern provinces of Friesland and Groningen, where the designs lingered on after the rest of the country followed new fashions.</p><p>Groningen is the name of both the province and of its capital. The town was one of the rich Hanseatic towns of northern Europe, and most of the surrounding countryside had good soil for agriculture. So plenty of &#039;filthy rich&#039; people.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These buckles were worn by anyone who could afford them, there is no reason to believe a specific Jewish or Yom Kippur connection. The town of Groningen had an important Jewish community, but that doesn&#039;t automatically mean Groningen silver is Jewish-connected.</p><p>My father grew up in the Jewish neighbourhood of Groningen town, btw, within sight of the synagogue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know! Even on very delicate pieces.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /> And sometimes there are some marks on the back and others on the front.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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