Georg Jensen Sterling Art Deco Lidded Square Box #857 Design Jorgen Jensen

Georg Jensen – Square Lidded Box #857, Sterling Silver, Copenhagen circa 1950 Design: Jørgen Jensen circa 1938 · Art Déco · Silver 925 · Heavy Quality

A rectangular lidded box in sterling silver 925, model #857, designed by Jørgen Jensen circa 1938 and executed by the Georg Jensen Silberschmiede in Copenhagen circa 1950. Strictly geometric lines, flat lid, heavy construction — the most sober and accomplished expression of the Silberschmiede's late Art Déco vocabulary. Ideal as a playing card box, cigarette box or desk box. Dimensions: 16.2 × 8.4 cm · height 3 cm. Georg Jensen hallmark circa 1950.

Jørgen Jensen (1895–1966), son of founder Georg Jensen, worked as a designer for the family Silberschmiede from the 1930s. His style — geometric, functionalist, of absolute restraint — is characteristic of the house's late Art Déco production, breaking with the organic Art Nouveau forms of its origins. He is notably the author of the Skyscraper condiment set (#793, 1936), one of the most radically modernist creations in the history of Georg Jensen. Works by the Georg Jensen Silberschmiede are held in the collections of the Designmuseum Danmark in Copenhagen, MoMA in New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

• Dimensions: 16.2 × 8.4 cm · height 3 cm
• Material: sterling silver 925 · heavy quality
• Hallmark: Georg Jensen, Copenhagen, circa 1950
• Model: #857
• Design: Jørgen Jensen, circa 1938
• Production: Georg Jensen Silberschmiede, Copenhagen, circa 1950
• Condition: vintage · previously owned · very good well-maintained condition · heavy quality

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Keywords integrated: Georg Jensen, lidded box #857, Jørgen Jensen 1938, sterling silver 925, Danish Art Déco, playing card cigarette desk box, Designmuseum Danmark, MoMA New York, Metropolitan Museum