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1930s Set of Two Danish Just Andersen Four-Leaf Clover Pewter Candlesticks

About the Item

Set of two Danish Just Andersen four-leaf clover Art Deco pewter candle holders produced by Just Andersen A/S in the 1930s. The four-leaf clover is a universally accepted symbol of good luck with its origin way back in time. It´s said that there is only one four-leaf clover for every 5,076 three-leaf clovers why finding a forth-leaf clover is thought to be a sign of luck. Just Andersen managed to incorporate this poverful four-leaf clover symbol into his well balanced design of these candlesticks. The four-leaf clover candle holders are in good vintage condition and marked with Just. Andersens triangle mark. Just Andersen 1884-1943 was born in Godhavn on the Disko island, which is located on the west side of Greenland. His parents were inspector and probate manager in North Greenland. Just Andersens creative gene was quite obviously stimulated and developed during his childhood. Through his parents' business he grew up with a view of the world, and in contact with researchers and explorers who were later famous and inscribed in the history of their exploration and records of Greenland among them the famous explorers Robert Edwin Peary and Knud Rasmussen. Just Andersen was a very creative multi talentet man with a wealth of initiative. After he finished his studies at first the Danish Royal Academy of Art and after that The School of Danish Crafts in 1912 he designed works for the world famous Danish silversmith Georg Jensen. In in 1918 he established himself with his own silversmith business "Just Andersen" that over the next almost 40 years produced a huge variety of decorative pieces.

Creator:

Just Andersen (Manufacturer, Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 3.94 in (10 cm)Diameter: 3.55 in (9 cm)

Sold As:

Set of 2

Style:

Art Deco (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Metal,Pewter

Place of Origin:

Denmark