David Andersen founded his Oslo silversmithing house in 1876. Most 19th-century jewellery firms either folded or fossilised into producing the same designs for decades. David Andersen did neither, it kept adapting through Art Nouveau, into enamel work, through mid-century modernism, and the company still operates in Norway today. This pendant comes from that 1960s modernist stretch, clean lines, deliberately understated.<\/p>\n
Why longevity like this actually matters to a collector.<\/strong> A firm that’s operated continuously for a century and a half has an unbroken paper trail, consistent hallmarking standards, and a design archive that scholars and auction houses can actually cross-reference.<\/p>\n The 1960s pivot, specifically.<\/strong> Like a lot of European silver houses, David Andersen’s mid-century output shows a deliberate move away from ornament toward form, letting the silver itself do the work.<\/p>\n What to look for.<\/strong> The house mark should be crisp and the silver content properly stamped, David Andersen has kept consistent hallmarking standards across its whole history.<\/p>\n This piece was part of a small, genuinely personal collection of mid-century and antique jewellery, gathered over years rather than acquired for resale. It has since sold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" David Andersen founded his Oslo silversmithing house in 1876. Most 19th-century jewellery firms either folded or fossilised into producing the same designs for decades. David Andersen did neither, it kept adapting through Art Nouveau, into enamel work, through mid-century modernism, and the company still operates in Norway today. This pendant comes from that 1960s modernist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[78],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-259","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-jewellery","first","outofstock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n