Ole Aas (goldsmith business)

The Ole Aas goldsmith business

Ole Aas is the name of a goldsmith business in Trondheim, also described as Gullsmed Aas and Gullsmed Ole Aas. Its own history states that it was established in 1874 and has been run by the same family across generations. The founding year dates the business, not the founder's birth or an individual object.

Name, retailing and manufacture

The company's websites feature rings, gold and silver jewellery and christening gifts. Collectors should establish the role played by the business name in the documentation for a particular item. A name on a case, receipt or advertisement may document a retail connection, but does not by itself identify the designer or manufacturer.

Examining older goldsmiths' work

Photograph every mark clearly, including letters, symbols and fineness numbers. Record their positions and whether they occur on the same component. Compare them with dated catalogues, original receipts or museum records before assigning a workshop or an individual maker.

This overview does not establish a particular Ole Aas punch or an uninterrupted sequence of historical marks. Do not attribute an unidentified initial mark to the company through similarity of names alone. See fineness and fineness marks and our gold jewellery category.

Sources

The company's own pages: the history of Gullsmed Ole Aas and Gullsmed Aas at Oleaas.no.