Like a flower, this large beautiful pendant is in silver-plated pewter. The jewelery is designed by Börje and Karin Tennung. Tennung was inspired by nature. Common motifs were both flowers and shells.
The piece of jewelery is stamped BKT which stands for Börje/Karin Tennung. It is also stamped B which stands for Borås where they had their business. The jewelry is also stamped Sweden and C which probably stands for copyright. The jewelery was bought at auction and was stated to be from the 60s-70s.
The pendant is approx. 4.5 cm * 5 cm.
Long very beautiful strong silver chain included. The chain has a stamped pattern in it which makes it sparkle extra (see photo). The chain is about 70 cm long. The chain is stamped 835 for silver content 83.5% and the control stamps cat's foot and S for Sweden.
Börje and Karin Tennung : Börje was apprenticed to her father Erik Fransson. Erik Fransson Konst- Tenn was a nursery for several famous pewtersmiths. At a young age, Börje took over from Erik Fransson after his untimely death. The tinsmith lived on through Tennung Design in Borås, which was run by Börje and his wife Karin. The BKT stamp stands for Börje & Karin Tennung. Tennung also worked with gilded and silvered pewter. Some of Tennung's jewelery is based on various objects found on the Swedish west coast in the areas around Torekov and Halland's Väderö, for example seashells, fish and bird bones, mussel shells and more.
Like several other Swedish pewtersmiths, Tennung also had a significant export to the USA during the pewter period between the mid-1960s and the end of the 1980s
Börje Tennung: 1943-2018
