Gullsmed Olaf Silkebækken

Gullsmed Olaf Silkebækken is a jewellery business in Elverum. Its history records a jeweller's shop opening at Storgata 23 in 1914 and Olaf Silkebækken purchasing it in 1923. This separates the earlier shop history from the Silkebækken family's takeover.

A name across generations

The history records Magne Silkebækken taking over in 1952 and a later Olaf Silkebækken taking over in 1974. The same first name in different generations should therefore not automatically be treated as one person. Ownership dates do not date every object sold in the shop.

Goods and workshop work

For an object connected with Silkebækken, seek evidence showing whether the connection concerns retail, manufacture, repair or engraving. Retain old receipts and cases, but examine marks on the object itself too. Do not identify a designer or responsibility mark from the shop name alone. Describe an uncertain association as uncertain rather than treating family history as evidence for an individual jewel.

Sources: Gullsmed Olaf Silkebækken, Vår historie.