Titel: Scandinavian spoon
Skrivet av: Ingela Martenius skrivet 2006-11-28, 22:37
Ah, Dagsås. Which is in Halland. Which used to be part of Denmark. The former Danish provinces were more preoccupied with silver than all the rest of Sweden put together (except for the S?mi people with their famous silver collars). Halland was of course quite poor compared to e.g. Skåne, but there is a marked difference between Halland, just south of Göteborg, and Bohuslän, just north of Göteborg, when it comes to silver.
A few weeks ago I spent a weekend at a seminar on silver jewellry in the national costume, and I enclose a close-up of a bride from Skåne - we nearly put on dark glasses when our camera flashes reflected in all that silver. Please note that the bride has two aqvavit-spoons (supskedar) stuck into the top of her bodice!