My recent trips to the antique mall have paid off in some really interesting vintage and antique items. The above tambourine earrings Ifound especially cool since they still had their original earring card with them.
In the particularly cheesy "so kitschy it's cool" category, I found the brass belt buckle you see below. I'm rather astounded at the detail on that van! You can see the passenger side window through the front window. Pretty elaborate! This particular piece is stamped 1978 on the back...which would have made me 4 years old when that buckle was produced. Ahhh, the van-centric 1970s!
Last, is the piece I had to do the most research on. Below, you'll see a modernist Swedish pendant on a silver-toned chain. The pendant is pewter. The back is stamped with "Tenn" and an underscored "R." The "Tenn" seems to refer to Tennesmed, a Swedish company that has been in business for many years, making pewter baubles. However, I'm unsure what the underscored "R" stands for. There are a couple of Tennesmed designers I've seen, Rune Tennesmed and R Landerholm; there may be more. I can't figure out which one used an underscored "R" as their mark. I've seen lots of Tennesmed pendants with flowers, horses, viking ships, and cats, but I'm not seeing any others like this!
really like your last pendant. Great detective job! {:-Deb
Posted by: storybeader | July 19, 2009 at 07:32 PM