Hagness Pewter Norway

Picked up a pewter cigarette box today just like this one sold on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Hag...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557



They listed it as being from 1976. I would have thought it a bit older and they give no justification for the date. I have found matching pieces listed as being MCM. I find a Finn Hagness who worked in silver and pewter who died in the 50s. Is this the same company? ..... or does anyone have any information about Hagness?

 

Try this page with translation and see if you think it's right.
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=no&u=https://www.drammen.kommune.no/Books/made%20in%20drammen/files/assets/basic-html/page54.html&prev=search

Find Hagness Sølvplett- and
Pewter Factory A / S
Silver, tin and metal products factory, founded
24. March 1942 Ole Steens gate 3, an old
half storey wooden house, where Hagness over-
took all tools and machinery for the goldsmith and
engraver Johan M. Lund, who had resigned
back.The company produced silver and emal-
jevarer, league badges, medals, and tin
and taint goods for sale to the country's jewelers.IN
attic floor was decorated studio with over-
light, where department corpus and emaljear-
beide lived.The company was nationally known for
its beautiful tin articles, bl.a. ashtray with
timber shipper, and had at best 30 An-
sat at the end of 1940 13 employees.ac-
limited company in 1967. Declining profitability do-
that the factory was closed by 9 employees,
property put up for sale just before July 1978

 

Great story, SIS... good knowledge.
Dapper case, Brad.

 

I love cigarette boxes, as long as they don't have tobacco in them.

 

Thanks SIS! Seems like it is probably the same company. Looks like the box could have been produced on in to the 70s. Found this lurking in the junk at the Goodwill at a bargain price.

 

I wish we had a GW here.