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A PAIR OF DANISH SILVER CANDELABRA FROM THE FAMILY OF GEORG JENSEN, DESIGNED BY GEORG JENSEN

MARK OF GEORG JENSEN, COPENHAGEN, 1919

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A PAIR OF DANISH SILVER CANDELABRA FROM THE FAMILY OF GEORG JENSEN, DESIGNED BY GEORG JENSEN
MARK OF GEORG JENSEN, COPENHAGEN, 1919
Each set on a circular base, with a lobed band, the lower stem formed as overlapping stylized leaves, the upper stem with lobed band, with six leaf-capped scroll branches, and baluster-form sockets with foliage, the bases engraved Til Tjuhei 21-8-19, each marked under base, also with French control marks
21½ in. (54.6 cm.) high; 122 oz. 10 dwt. (3816 gr.) (2)

Provenance

Property of Mrs. Mette Kjeldsen, Daughter of Georg Jensen, sold Sotheby's, New York, 1-2 December 1989, lot 14

Lot Essay

Georg Jensen (1866-1935) presented this pair of candelabra to his fiancée Agnes Christiansen in 1919 as an engagement gift. The base of each is engraved Til Tjuhei, Jensen's nickname for her.

Agnes Christiansen was Jensen's fourth wife and they had two children together. Jensen's previous wife, Johanne Nielsen, was a sister to Harald Nielsen, who was a silversmith and designer with the firm. Other Nielsen family members, including two sisters and another brother, worked at Jensen in a variety of roles. After Johanne's death in 1918, Jensen proposed to Agnes the following year, which was deemed inappropriate by the Nielsen family, leading to some tension at the firm.

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