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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Sterling Silver Design #15 Necklace by Georg Jensen
By Georg Jensen
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
This sterling silver necklace is a design by Danish jeweller and silversmith, Georg Jensen. The necklace is known as pattern '15', and by the mark to the rear of one of the links we ...
Sterling Silver, Silver
$1,500
H 1.86 in D 0.48 in L 15.4 in
Mid-Century Signed Margot de Taxco Modernist Sterling Silver Necklace
By Margot De Taxco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Mexican modernist necklace. By Margot de Taxco. In sterling silver. With bead-set lozenge shaped links supporting a conforming pendant (that also converts to a brooch). Mo...
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Nanna Ditzel Sterling Silver Necklace No. 106
By Georg Jensen
Located in Toronto, ON
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Necklace by Nanna Ditzel, No. 106. Modernist design, post 1940 marks. Georg Jensen oval dotted punch Sterling Denmark 106 marks. Length: 14.25 inches. Item weight: 114 grams. Ref: P. 274 Georg Jensen Jewelry...
Sterling Silver
Vintage Georg Jensen Danish Sterling Silver Choker Necklace No. 10
By Georg Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine Georg Jensen necklace in sterling silver. Model No. 10. With alternating rose and stylized floral links, traces of its original gilding, and a toggle clasp. Designed b...
Sterling Silver
Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen Denmark Sterling Silver 342 Necklace #18274
By Georg Jensen
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen Denmark Sterling Silver 342 Pendant Necklace This beautiful piece by Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen Denmark features a stunning modern style pendan...
Sterling Silver
PIERRE CARDIN 1970 Paris Modernist Long Necklace Sautoir In .925 Sterling Silver
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist chain necklace designed by Pierre Cardin (1922-2020). This is a beautiful long sautoir necklace, created during the French modernist period by the fashion designer Pierre...
Silver, Sterling Silver
$3,200
H 1.25 in W 1.25 in D 0.2 in Dm 8 in L 16.75 in
Robert Lee Morris Sterling Silver Soft Jet Linked Necklace
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
Looking like soft supersonic jets, flying in perfect heel to toe formation, Robert Lee Morris has created this iconic fluid necklace of sterling silver castings, linked from behind to make a modern...
Sterling Silver
$1,695
H 2.19 in W 2.19 in L 29 in
Modernist Georg Jensen Astrid Fog Large Sterling Silver Cross Bars Necklace
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Scarce large 1970's Scandinavian Modernist sterling silver cross bars necklace by Astrid Fog for Georg Jensen. Astrid Fog (1911-1993) designed her first jewelry collection for Georg Jensen in 1969. Her jewelry designs are distinctive for their large scale and bold, modernist style using classic geometric forms such as rectangles, circles and squares. She successfully utilized high quality lightweight, hollow silver forms to create pieces which were striking as well as comfortable to wear. This beautiful necklace is from the estate of a noted New York City psychiatrist who collected interesting, unusual, often one-of-a-kind jewelry. The pendant measures 2.19 inches by 2.19 inches. The chain is 29 inches long. Marks: 379 925 S Denmark Georg Jensen...
Sterling Silver
Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Tulip #15 Necklace
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
This elegant vintage Georg Jensen necklace showcases the iconic Tulip #15 design crafted in sterling silver. Featuring a graceful sequence of sculptural tulip-inspired links accented by rounded silver elements, the necklace embodies the refined organic artistry and flowing forms synonymous with classic Scandinavian modern design. Originally designed with Georg Jensen’s signature attention to craftsmanship and timeless aesthetics, the softly curved links create beautiful movement and visual balance throughout the piece. The subtly hammered silver surfaces add depth and character while enhancing its sophisticated vintage appeal. A highly collectible example of Danish silver artistry, this Georg Jensen Tulip...
Sterling Silver
Jacqueline Rabun for Georg Jensen. Children's necklace in sterling silver.
By Jacqueline Rabun
Located in bronshoj, DK
Jacqueline Rabun for Georg Jensen. Children's necklace in sterling silver. Modernist pendant. Late 20th century. Marked. In perfect condition. Dimensions: L 36.5 cm.
Sterling Silver
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