Georg Jensen Art Nouveau Jewelry
Antique Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Boxes and Cases
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Vanity Items
Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1950s Swedish Art Nouveau Cufflinks
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Vintage 1910s Danish Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces
Turquoise, Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Amazonite, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Link Bracelets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Brooches
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Choker Necklaces
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Charm Bracelets
Sterling Silver
20th Century More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1950s Danish Brooches
Chrysophrase, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau More Earrings
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Amazonite, Silver
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau More Jewelry
Coral, Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s American Art Nouveau Link Bracelets
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Moonstone, Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Moonstone, Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Sterling Silver
Antique Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Agate, Amber, Silver
Vintage 1940s Art Nouveau Chain Bracelets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Link Bracelets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Sterling Silver, Silver
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Nouveau Link Necklaces
Lapis Lazuli, Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Cuff Bracelets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Centerpieces and Tazzas
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Lapis Lazuli, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Moonstone, Silver
Antique Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces
Labradorite, Opal, Silver
Mid-20th Century Link Necklaces
Coral, Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Bangles
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Chain Bracelets
Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Danish Contemporary Modern Bracelets
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Flatware and Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Collectible Jewelry
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Collectible Jewelry
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Flatware and Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Flatware and Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Dinnerware and Flatware Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Flatware and Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Flatware and Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Retro Three-Stone Rings
Chrysoberyl, Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Deco Coffee and Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Barware
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1970s European Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Chain Bracelets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Nouveau Dangle Earrings
Malachite, Sterling Silver
2010s Thai Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
2010s Thai Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
2010s Thai Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
2010s Thai Art Deco Stud Earrings
18k Gold
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For over a century, Georg Jensen has produced some of the finest objects in Scandinavian modern design, including silver tableware, serving pieces, home decor, jewelry and more, frequently partnering with leading artisans to expand its offerings and respond to shifting tastes. Known for minimal aesthetics that reference nature, the craftsmanship of this legendary Danish silverware firm has regularly married function with thoughtful and beautiful design.
Founder Georg Jensen (1866–1935) was born in the small town of Radvaad, Denmark, and began his training as a goldsmith at 14. After studying sculpture and then training with master silversmith Mogens Ballin, he established his own silver business in Copenhagen in 1904. By 1918, the company was successful enough to open a shop in Paris.
Jensen’s firm produced an incredibly vast range of silver objects, from serving dishes and barware to centerpieces and chandeliers. For his early work, which bore ornate floral details and other organic forms of Art Nouveau, Jensen looked to the splendors of the natural world. The 1905 Blossom teapot, for instance, was topped with a magnolia bud and deftly balanced on toad feet, while some of Jensen’s best-known flatware patterns included Lily of the Valley, introduced in 1913, and Acorn, which debuted in 1915.
Collaboration with outside designers, long before such partnerships were common in design, would lead to some of the company’s most popular and enduring work of the mid-century. Sigvard Bernadotte and Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe created collections, as did Henning Koppel, whose curvy 1952 Pregnant Duck pitcher is a Georg Jensen classic.
After evolving and expanding throughout the 20th century, Georg Jensen was acquired by Investcorp in 2012. Today, the company is a global luxury brand with more than 1,000 stores around the world. It continues to produce seductive new pieces, such as a tea service made with Marc Newson in 2015, as well as timeless heritage designs, including the relaunch in 2019 of the 1018 solid sterling-silver Tureen 270. In 2020, the firm introduced the Jardinière 1505. Sculptural and richly decorative, the never-before-realized showpiece is hand-hammered from sheets of the finest sterling silver and is based on a 1915 sketch from Jensen’s archives.
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A Close Look at art-nouveau Jewelry
Art Nouveau — generally considered to have begun in the late 1800s and ended with the start of World War I — was a movement in the decorative arts that drew inspiration from natural forms, such as trees, flowers and, of course, the human figure. The three main themes present in Art Nouveau jewelry and watches were flora, fauna and women.
Art Nouveau, which reached its pinnacle in the year 1900, spawned from artists who rejected the historicism of their predecessors to create an entirely new visual vocabulary. As compared to Art Deco jewelry’s geometric patterns and sharp lines, the extravagant style of antique Art Nouveau jewelry is characterized by curvilinear forms and whiplash lines, vibrant materials and dramatic imagery.
The first art and design movement of the 20th century, Art Nouveau was also a reaction against the Industrial Revolution, and took its inspiration from the theories of the Symbolists, the art of the Pre-Raphaelites, the ideas of John Ruskin and his follower William Morris and, most importantly Japanese crafts. (The country was a fertile ground for inspiration after it was opened to the West in 1854.) The Art Nouveau style touched all manners of the arts, including the most exultant jewelry.
Nature was a favorite muse for artists going back to the 18th and 19th centuries, but in the hands of 20th-century artists, it was depicted in new ways. For example, a withering flower was considered just as beautiful as one in full bloom. Winged creatures, such as insects and birds, were also a popular subject. Dragonflies and butterflies were particular favorites because they morphed so dramatically in different life stages.
This was also a reference to women, whose role in society was evolving. It was not uncommon to see a piece of jewelry that would at once reference a woman as a winged creature (think René Lalique’s famous Dragonfly brooch, circa 1897–98, at the Gulbenkian Collection in Lisbon). However, just as women’s roles were ambiguous, so was their image, as the femmes nouvelle were simultaneously eroticized and romanticized.
In addition to Lalique, vital figures in Art Nouveau jewelry included Louis Comfort Tiffany in the United States, Vladimir Soloviev, who designed jewelry for Peter Carl Fabergé in Russia, Fuset Grau of Spain, Karl Rothmuller of Germany and Philippe Wolfers of Belgium.
Art Nouveau jewelers used every “canvas” imaginable, looking beyond brooches and necklaces to belt buckles, fans, tiaras, dog collars (a type of choker necklace), pocket watches, corsages and hair combs. Multicolored gems and enamel could complete this vision better than diamonds. Jewelers also favored pearls, particularly baroque pearls, for their large size and irregular shape. However, opal was the most popular stone — its iridescence harmonized perfectly with the enamel, and it could be carved into any shape. Art Nouveau jewelry was primarily set in yellow gold.
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