Georg Jensen Sterling Silver "Moonlight" Brooch No. 159 with Moonstones

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Georg Jensen Sterling Silver "Moonlight" Brooch No. 159 with Moonstones

About the Item

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver "Moonlight" Brooch No. 159 with Moonstones. Older production. Iconic design. Beautiful patina. Excellent condition. Complimentary gift box and FREE shipping included. About the designer: Arno Malinowski (1899-1976) was one of the most versatile designers who ever worked for the Georg Jensen Silversmithy. He was successful not only as a designer of silver objects, but also as a sculptor, ceramist, engraver and medalist.  Malinowski received training at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Sculpture, Copenhagen, from 1919 to 1922. He was associated with the Royal Danish Porcelain Manufactory from 1921 to 1935, where he designed a series of statuettes depicting mythological characters and, after 1930, stoneware with celadon and oxblood glazes. For a number of years, he also worked as a medalist, executing detailed designs for small bronze medallions. He was associated with the Jensen Silversmithy for many years; from 1936 to 1944, and again from 1949 to 1965.   Malinowski’s work for the Jensen Silversmithy includes designs for jewelry and holloware. His jewelry designs are particularly distinctive and easily recognized. Typically, they are well-balanced compositions depicting stylized animals rendered in exquisite detail, which are given greater presence through a sophisticated use of negative space. Familiar examples of this are the “kneeling deer” brooch (number 256) and the two-dolphin brooch (number 251). Another important example of Malinowski’s jewelry is the Kogemaerket (symbol for King), a silver and enamel brooch or lapel pin commemorating the seventieth birthday, in 1940, of the King of Denmark, Christian X. These brooches and pins were produced in great numbers and worn by Danes as a symbol of their loyalty to their nation and their resistance to the German occupation.   Malinowski also created holloware designs for the Jensen Silversmithy. Many of these designs incorporate the forms of stylized animals which resemble those used in his jewelry.  Malinowski participated in many exhibitions and won numerous awards for his work as a designer in silver, porcelain and bronze. He received a silver medal at the Paris World Exhibition (1925), the Eckersberg Medal (1933) and the Carlson Prize (1936).   Excerpt from Georg Jensen Holloware, The Silver Fund Collection.

Creator:
Georg Jensen
Metal:
Sterling Silver
Stone:
Moonstone
Dimensions:
Diameter: 1.75 in (44.45 mm)
Style:
Art Nouveau
Place of Origin:
Denmark
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
post 1945
Condition:
Seller Location:
San Francisco, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4044659423

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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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