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16 Dec. 2018
Amazonite Viking Knit Copper Pendant
The ancient Norse weaving technique is used for this unique pendant. It is made of 0.8 and 0.4 mm copper wire and a tumbled Amazonite semi-precious stone. Comes with a double genuine black leather necklace with a copper lobster claw clasp.
Length pendant: 3.5 cm / 1.37"
Length necklace: 52 cm / 20.47"
Like waters deep and ancient, Amazonite beckons in captivating shades of turquoise-green, promising to soothe the spirit and calm the soul. Its energy is as powerful as the river for which it is named, and as bold as the legendary women warriors with whom it is connected, yet it tempers aggression, tames the irrational, and stills the disquiet. It provides harmony and balance.
Shipping costs are calculated from both the size of the package and its weight.
The shipping costs for this item with standard priority mail (covered by the winner):
Within Norway: 21,- NOK
To Europe: 27,- NOK
To the rest of the world: 34,- NOK
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The first Christmas card in Norway was having Adolf Tidemand's "Juleskikk" printed on.
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From the Middle Ages it is found woodcuts that seem to be made for this purpose, but it is believed that the first Christmas card in recent times was drawn in 1843 by the British artist John Calcott Horsley (1817-1903). It illustrates a family gathered around the Christmas table raising its filled glass and wishing the card's recipient a happy Christmas. The card was criticized in the media of that time by many who thought it would distract people into sobriety and drunkenness, but the new form of Christmas greeting soon became widespread.
Around 1900 the custom of sending Christmas cards became common in Norway as well. One of the first Norwegian Christmas cards rendered Adolph Tidemand's painting Stabbur with Christmas sheaves. Very popular were also Nils Bergslien's German-inspired nisses, which where drawn with thin legs and large stomachs eating Christmas porridge of heavy pots or rosepainted barrels.
The most productive Norwegian Christmas card designer was probably Paul Lillo-Stenberg, who in the middle of WW2 made hundred original Christmas cards. The occupation years produced a separate type of Christmas card that was not only linked to Christmas but also referred to the current political situation, if "read between the lines". Red top hats was not popular by the occupants, but that's an other story.
Country romantic motives have been dominant in Norwegian Christmas card production, while religious motives have played the leading role in most other countries. The USA is the largest manufacturer of Christmas cards, exporting to all parts of the world and licensing in many countries. In Norway, we have concentrated on a few special motives, including reproductions of famous Norwegian artists' works - Theodor Kittelsen's winter moods, Trygve M. Davidsen's humorous nisses, and so forth. A separate type of Christmas card is UNICEF's cards, which is sold annually in many countries.
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