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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Georg Jensen Silver and Ebony Hand Mirror by Harald Nielsen, Denmark c. 1930
By Harald Nielsen, Georg Jensen
Located in Detroit, MI
This elegant antique Danish Art Deco hand mirror, Model No. 224, was designed by Harald Nielsen for Georg Jensen and produced in Denmark circa 1930. Expertly crafted in sterling silv...
Sterling Silver
$6,000
H 13.98 in W 12.21 in D 3.75 in
Fine French 1930s Silver-Plated Table Mirror by Luc Lanel for Christofle
By Christofle, Luc Lanel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Luc Lanel (1893-1965) for Christofle (Gallia collection) - A fine French Art Deco table mirror with a pyramidal base and two poles holding a tilting mirror. Stamped Gallia Bibliog...
Silver Plate
Barovier Murano Glass and Brass Vanity Mirror, 1930s
By Barovier
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A refined and sculptural Barovier Murano Glass vanity mirror, Italy, circa 1930s, executed in ribbed, hand-formed Murano glass with warm champagne undertones enhanced by the addition...
Brass
Antique American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Hand Mirror
Located in New York, NY
American Art Nouveau sterling silver hand mirror, ca 1890. Beveled glass in round frame with baluster handle. In dense low-relief are swans with whiplash necks, a nymph with tentacul...
Sterling Silver
Danish Vintage Teak Mirror by Pedersen and Hansen
By Pedersen & Hansen
Located in London, GB
A stylish and useful Danish vintage teak mirror by Pedersen and Hansen. This was made in Denmark, it dates from the 1960’s. It is of amazing quality, it has a beautiful and practica...
Mirror, Teak
Antique French Ebony Dressing Table Mirror
Located in London, GB
This beautiful mirror will look wonderful placed on a woman’s dressing table. It features an ebony frame which is intricately carved with a variety of motifs, inspired by classical design. The item is composed of an oval mirror, which is set within a shaped rectangular wooden frame. The frame is crowned by a medallion containing a portrait of a woman’s head in profile. This is decorated with a ribbon bow and flower swags which are held by two female figures, positioned either side of the medallion. The women have classical style nude...
Mirror, Wood, Ebony
1930s Venetian Mirrored Glass Tray with Silver Plate Handles
Located in Troy, MI
Venetian mirrored tray with thick, ridged glass frame around an etched mirror tray with silver plate handles at the sides, circa 1930s. Unknown Mu...
Silver Plate
Danish Designer, Table Mirror, Brass, Denmark, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A small brass table mirror designed and produced in Denmark, 1930s.
Brass
Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Hand Mirror
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1930s French Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Vanity Hand Mirror. Similar to the Swedish Modernist style of Sylvia Stave for C. G. Hallberg. With a relief of a woman holding a bouquet of ...
Sterling Silver
German Silver Victorian Hand Mirror with Jade Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A German Silver hand Mirror with 'repousse handle and frame with Jade Detailing. A complement to any bathroom, dressing table, vanity or personal closet. A lovely piece from the Vi...
Jade, Silver
Silver Hand Mirror with Magnification on Opposing side
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Silver Hand Mirror. We love the simplicity of the design and the size. A regular mirror on one side and magnification on the opposing side - for those days you need to see how gor...
Britannia Standard Silver
$7,000
H 29.14 in W 47.64 in D 4.34 in
Italian Art Decò Wall Mirror by Osvaldo Borsani Attributed in Macassar Ebony
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1930s Italian Art Decò wall mirror by Osvaldo Borsani in Macassar ebony polished to wax Measures cm: H 74, W 121, D 11.
Mirror, Ebony
French Victorian Silver Plate Hand Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian silver plated clover shaped hand mirror with filigree border and cupids in relief on handle
Silver
Sold
H 9.1 in Dm 4.8 in
Sterling Silver Hand Mirror by Georg Jensen, Art Deco Style, Vintage Elizabeth
By Georg Jensen
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver dressing table hand mirror made by Georg Jensen in the Art...
Silver, Sterling Silver