Finland Kasityo 813H wood sterling pendant

[678france]

My first post in this forum; Thank you all in advance for any help you can give me. I just bought this pendant in an estate sale, what I know (thanks to the members of this forum) is it's an handmade (kasityo) Finnish sterling .925 (813H) pendant. Except for another 813H on the bail, there is no more mark.
I think the wood is teck. By any chance, do you have an idea of the designer or the period this beautiful pendant was made?
Thank you so much for your help. France

[silverly]

Here's a post that may not get you much closer to identifying the designer your piece, but it may be of interest: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=21424&p=50387&hilit=k%C3%A4sity%C3%B6#p50387

[silverly]

Sorry, I see now you already had käsityö figured out. Anyway, a belated welcome to the forum and good luck with your research. I like the pendant.

[silverly]

Here I go again with too many successive posts. Unless, I'm missreading something again. 813 is just that and not another way of expressing sterling quality, 925.

[678france]

Sorry, I see now you already had käsityö figured out. Anyway, a belated welcome to the forum and good luck with your research. I like the pendant.

Thanks a lot for your welcome message, I appreciate it. France

[dognose]

I wondered if by chance if there was a Finnish manufacturer by the name of 'käsityö'. Oddly enough there was a firm by the name of 'käsitys', who were working out of Helsinki during the during the period 2004-2007. I guess there's always the very slim possibility that they were working earlier using a slighty different name.

Trev.

[oel]

Käsityö" means "hand made/handicraft"


Oel

[MikkoN]

Käsityö (Hand crafted) mark was used by many smiths to underline the fact that these are hand crafted pieces.

Some examples here:
http://www.leimat.fi/fi/kuvia/muita-leimoja
http://www.leimat.fi/fi/kuvia/designleimoja

I'm sure you did check the lock area for marks?
This is where more marks are often found.

I'd say that is early to mid sixties piece.

M

[oel]

Hi Mikkon,

Welcome to the forum and thanks for the extra information. We will look forward to reading more of your contributions.

Best,

Oel