Silver Buckles
Silver buckles and clasps worn with Swedish regional folk dress, on belts, shoes, and collars. Such silver, often inherited and re-used across generations, was engraved with initials and dates and served as both ornament and stored wealth. Wealthy folk wore heavy rectangular 'spännen'; poorer folk wore simpler clasps. The buckles are a documented part of the folk-costume tradition. The silver was a family's movable fortune: a bride might receive buckles, brooches, and chains that were passed down and re-fashioned by local silversmiths, with the owner's initials and the year engraved on the fac