MAKER'S MARK OF GEORG JENSEN, COPENHAGEN, 1933-44

Trained as a goldsmith and sculptor Georg Arthur Jensen (1866-1935) opened his own workshop in Copenhagen in 1904, primarily making jewellery. From 1907 onwards Jensen also started producing silver tableware designed by architect and painter Johan Rohde and Harald Nielsen. Such was the demand for this silver that in 1916 Jensen established Georg Jensen Solvsmedie in Copenhagen. The influence of this factory on European and North American silversmiths was considerable. By the 1930's several retail outlets had been opened in Europe and the United States. Jensen made silver objects in a decorated, floral style, as well as purer, more geometric pieces. After Jensens death in 1935, Nielsen became artistic director of the smithy and under his leadership the firm continued to produce the work of other designers, including Sigvard Bernadotte and Jensens son Soren Georg Jensen.

A. Krekel-Aalberse, Modern Zilver, 1880-1940, Amsterdam, 1989, pp. 218-220, 255
J. Turner (ed.), The Dictionary of Art (17), London, New York, 1996
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