David Andersen Harp Necklace in Sterling Silver

Offering a David Andersen sterling silver Harp pendant/necklace featuring a ribbed cage-like border with a central turquoise blue woven enamel inlay. This circa 1960s piece is a spectacular sterling and turquoise enamel mid-century modern pendant designed during the 'Silver Series' by Bjorn Sigurd Ostern for David-Andersen, Norway. 

Pendant is inscribed on the back: DAVID-ANDERSEN NORWAY STERLING 925S INV. B.S.Ø.

The pendant weighs 18.39 gms and is 1-3/8" by 2". The necklace is not original to the piece but came with it, it is also sterling and weighs 22.64 gms.

'The Silver Series' was released in 1966 and was a radical new-shaping of the traditional Norwegian enamel jewelry. Enamel jewelry traditionally had enamel all over the surface, making the silver work almost like a canvas of a painting. In these new designs, the enamel was made to cooperate with the forms of the shiny metal in a more obvious way, giving the silver a prominent place in the designs. The series consisted of 15 pieces of jewelry designed by three designers. Bjørn Sigurd Ostern supervised the work and made most of the pieces.