Brendemo Gull & Sølv

Brendemo Gull & Sølv is a family business and jewellery producer in Heddal, Telemark. Its workshop makes bunad silver for East and West Telemark costumes, beltestakk and stakk og liv, as well as jewellery for other occasions. The name identifies a business and should be distinguished from evidence identifying the designer or maker of an individual object.

Bunad silver and workshop services

The firm's own presentations describe production, repairs to costume brooches and gold and silver jewellery, and engraving. Its range includes the Lauv series and jewellery associated with Heddal Stave Church. One specific product page describes a slangesølje in 925 silver with a stone and filigree heart pendants. These details describe that model, rather than a material specification for every Brendemo product.

For secondhand pieces, distinguish the original producer, retailer and later repairer. A workshop having repaired or sold a brooch does not by itself establish who originally made it. Keep receipts, older photographs and information about alterations with the jewellery.

What should be examined?

Photograph the whole object, reverse, fastening and legible marks. Compare dimensions, construction and details with documentation for the particular model. Similar shape or an associated loose case alone cannot establish attribution. Where old repairs are present, consider preservation before further work; read about conservation and restoration.

Browse OBA's bunad silver and brooches for available pieces. To offer jewellery or components for sale, submit documentation through buying and selling.