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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Original Georg Jensen Silver Six Light Chandelier 307
By Georg Jensen, Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
Considered the rarest piece of Georg Jensen on the open market and perhaps in the world; The original Georg Jensen silver six light chandelier #307, designed by Johan Rohde in 1918. ...
Sterling Silver
Gaetano Sciolari Italian Brass Six-light Chandelier
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Voorburg, NL
A striking example of Italian lighting design from the mid-20th century, this original Sciolari brass chandelier bears the maker’s mark, confirming its authenticity. Designed in the ...
Brass
Flemish Gothic Six Light Silver Plated Chandelier
Located in Kent, Dover
A Flemish six light Gothic silver plated chandelier, currently for candles but has been electrified in the past.
Brass
Champagne Colored Six-Light Murano Chandelier
Located in Birmingham, AL
A champagne colored Murano glass chandelier featuring 6 scroll form arms, each ending in a glass bobeche and candle style light, that connects to a central baluster support above an ...
Murano Glass
Six Light Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari
By Reggiani
Located in Hanover, MA
Six light chandelier in chrome and white enameled aluminum designed by Gaetano Sciolari.
Georgian Six-Light Crystal Chandelier
Located in Hudson, NY
This very nice chandelier of the Georgian period has some later additions and a professional repair to one arm. The design is very nice without being to over the top and the cutting to the glass is of the finest quality. The restrained use of cutting and the light use of pendant drops is in keeping with the designs of Robert Adams and the late Georgian neoclassic...
Crystal
French Six-Light Vintage Painted Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French six-light vintage painted metal and wood chandelier with S-scroll arms, acanthus leaves along the arms and twisted central column from the mid-20th century. This vintage ...
Metal
Beaded Glass & Iron Six Light Chandelier
By Luminaire
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE Elegant and glamorous French Empire style chandelier with glass crystal beaded 'bag', bobeches and canopy and double strands of smaller beads outlining the frame of th...
Iron
Large Art Deco Six-Light Frosted Glass Silvered Bronze Globe Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
A large silvered bronze Art Deco chandelier with large Round centre and square shape panel frosted glass with a mix of graphics and roses around the band. There are three arms with m...
Bronze
Brass Six Light Chandelier
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 18th century brass six light chandelier with eagle finial over six flower head reflectors above six scrolled brass arms retaining origi...
Brass
$6,360Sale Price|20% Off
H 33.25 in Dm 18 in
French 19th Century Six-Light Crystal Chandelier with Silvered Armature
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French six-light crystal silvered chandelier from the 19th century with central column, pendeloques and lower finial. Born in France during the 19th century, this exquisite crystal...
Crystal
Six-Light Rock Crystal Chandelier after Bagues
By Maison Baguès
Located in Stamford, CT
A six-light silvered gilt iron and solid, faceted original rock crystal chandelier after Bagues, France.
Rock Crystal, Iron
Super Rare I. P. Frink, Six-Light Chandelier – Original Paint and Mirrors
By Frink Reflector Co.
Located in Peekskill, NY
I’ve been doing this a while and in all the years I rarely get my hands on a one like this. It's the most original example we have ever owned and is museum or advanced collector qual...
Tin
Georg Jensen Wall Mounted Candleholder in Stainless Steel
By Georg Jensen
Located in Søborg, DK
Georg Jensen wall-mounted candleholder.
Stainless Steel
Scandinavian Geometric Ceiling Pendant by Nordisk Solar, 1960s
By Georg Jensen, Nordisk Solar Co.
Located in Voorburg, NL
Midcentury Danish modern pendant light designed by Georg Jensen and manufactured by the Nordisk Solar Compagni in the 1960s. This geometric shaped architectural light fixture is comp...
Cut Steel
Georg Jensen Pottery Lamp
By Georg Jensen
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Mid-Century pottery lamp by Georg Jensen.
Pottery