Aries Pewter Pendant by Jorgen Jensen
Design No. 343
Size: 1¼“ (3.5cm) diameter
Designed by: Jorgen Jensen c. 1960
Price: £65
Condition: Excellent
Jorgen Jensen was the Georg Jensen's second son and also a silversmith. He trained as a goldsmith and studied at the City School of Arts and Crafts in Munich. He then trained at the Georg Jensen silversmithy and was a member of the company from 1917 to 1923. Thereafter until 1936 he owned his own workshop in Stockholm but rejoined Georg Jensen in 1936 and worked as a silversmith there until 1962.
He designed jewellery and hollowware and his pieces show an evolution from the early forms that are reminiscent of Johan Rohde to straighter lines and less ornamentation more closely resembling Sigvaard Bernadotte's work. Jorgen Jensen made a comprehensive range of pewter jewellery & carried on his father’s tradition of making quality affordable jewellery.
His work has been exhibited widely in Europe and North America. (Georg Jensen: A Tradition of Splendid Silver’ by Janet Drucker, Schiffer Books).