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 Vivianna #227 Steel and Quartz Bangle Watch by Torun
By Georg Jensen
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1990s Georg Jensen Vivianna Bangle Watch By Torun. Measuring 1 1/4 inch Diameter with the watch attached to a 3/16 inch wide bangle bracelet with a 6 1/2 inch inside measuremen...
Steel
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe for Georg Jensen, steel wristwatch. Model 327.
By Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe
Located in bronshoj, DK
Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe for Georg Jensen, steel wristwatch. Model 327. Quartz movement. Silver-tone dial with steel hands. Integrated shackle. Dating: late 1900s. In good conditi...
Steel
$1,500
H 1.11 in W 1.78 in D 0.34 in L 1.78 in
Pierre Cardin Espace Watch ca' 1970's Jaeger Lecoultre France
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
A vintage Pierre Cardin designed "Espace" watch manufactured by jaeger Lecoultre, France ca' 1970's. Funky and oversize, futuristic design. The case is stainless steel, part of the ...
Stainless Steel
Jules Jurgensen 14Kt. White Gold with Original Dial Mid Century Multi Faceted
By Jules Jurgensen
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Jules Jurgensen STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Bracelet Watch METAL / MATERIAL: 14Kt. Solid White Gold with White Gold Filled Original Bracelet CIRCA / YEAR: 1960's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 25mm X Width 19mm MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual Winding / 17 Jewels DIAL / HANDS: Original Silvered with Multi-Faceted Crystal ATTACHMENT / LENGTH: Original White Gold Filled Bracelet...
1950s Certina White Gold Women Watch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Women watches Certina Swiss Made. Rectangular white gold case, 18K, owl hallmark. Revised and controlled watch - Very good condition and general appearance...
18k Gold, Gold, White Gold
$1,495
H 1.18 in W 2.01 in Dm 7.5 in
Bucherer Geneve 1960 Retro Modernist Ladies Wristwatch In Solid Sterling Silver
By Bucherer
Located in Miami, FL
Ladies wristwatch designed by Bucherer. Beautiful retro-modernist ladies wristwatch, created in Geneva Switzerland by the company of Bucherer, back in the 1970's. The wristwatch is ...
Silver, Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen designed by Henning Koppel Ref 318, Large Size, Quartz, Year c2015
By Georg Jensen
Located in Canterbury, England
Our Georg Jensen designed by Henning Koppel reference 318 is the large size with 41mm stainless steel case black gloss dial , original leather strap and tang buckle, with quartz move...
$20,194
H 1.97 in W 2.37 in D 1.19 in
Ladies Wristwatch of 18k gold by Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe for Georg Jensen
By Georg Jensen
Located in Berlin, BE
Ladies Wristwatch of 18k gold by Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe for Georg Jensen, 1970s Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe (1927–2004) was one of Sweden's most important 20th century silversmiths and the first female silversmith to attract international attention. She secured her first exhibition aged 21. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, she was part of the Paris art studio fraternity, counting Picasso and Billie Holiday as friends.? Torun created the Vivianna watch in 1962, a spoon-shaped ‘never-ending’ bangle with a mirrored dial and simple hands but devoid of numerals. Originally commissioned for an exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, she said her decision to leave out the hour markers suggested a kind of non-time, so that each time the wearer looked at the dial, the message that ‘life is now...
Gold
1990s Angela Cummings Dress Form Watch Sterling Silver Quartz Silver 22 mm
By Angela Cummings
Located in New York, NY
A Piece Of Wearable Sculpture Angela Cummings is a name that carries serious weight for those who follow 20th-century jewelry design. After honing her craft at Tiffany & Co., where ...
Sterling Silver
Neiman Marcus Mid Size Mid Century Wrist Watch in Excellent Original Condition
By Neiman Marcus
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Neiman Marcus STYLE / REFERENCE: Mid Century METAL / MATERIAL: 18kt Yellow Gold CIRCA / YEAR: 1960's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 28mm x Width 26mm MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual Winding / 17 Jewels DIAL / HANDS: Original Silvered with Dauphine Hands ATTACHMENT / LENGTH: Alligator, 18mm / Regular Length WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT This wonderful vintage watch was produced in Switzerland for the iconic house of Neiman Marcus. Still in business today the house offers the finest in men's and ladies fashion...
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