Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of Vertu

A silver amber and chrysoprase brooch, design No. 153, by Georg Jensen, 1915-27, the fan-shaped surmount set with an oval amber cabochon and issuing a plume of circular chrysoprase cabochons, the whole supported by a scroll and suspending three foliate drops each set with a further circular chrysoprase cabochon, maker’s mark ‘GJ’ in a circular punch, stamped ‘830’ and ‘DENMARK’, numbered ‘153’, length 6.1cm. £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Private Collection of Georg Jensen Jewellery.

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This is an example of the GI marking inside a circle of beads (used from 1915-1930), as well as the 830 mark used before 1927, denoting the 83% silver content used before going to the sterling standard.





For a similar example from the Collection of Ed and Lisa Guari, see:
Janet Drucker, Georg Jensen A Tradition of Splendid Silver, pub. Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2nd edition, 2001, page 93.