Jewellery by Design: The Collection of Dr Anne Shannon, An Academic Eye - 31 Oct 2018
A collection of gem-set silver pendants by Georg Jensen
A collection of gem-set silver pendants by Georg Jensen, including a silver and carnelian foliate pendant, design no. 158, c1983, the centre oval carnelian cabochon set within a silver foliate surround and a further four circular cornelian cabochons, suspending from an oval-link silver chain with toggle clasp, stamped 925 S Denmark, and GJLtd, with London import marks for 1983 and with maker's mark, pendant 5cm high, chain 70cm, together with a silver and lapis lazuli pendant, design no. 10B, post-1945, the large oval lapis lazuli cabochon set within wirework surround and further four lapis lazuli cabochons, on oval-link silver chain with toggle clasp, stamped 925 S Denmark and GJLtd, London import marks for 1987 and with maker's mark, pendant 36cm high, chain 46cm long, and a silver 'Anniversary' pendant, c1996, of fruiting-vine form and set with a single carnelian bead, on silver chain with toggle clasp, stamped 925 S Denmark and 1996, with maker's mark, pendant 3cm long, chain 43cm long
Literature: for a similar pendant, see DRUCKER, J., Georg Jensen: A Tradition of Splendid Silver, p. 165