A silver, amber and chrysoprase ‘Master’ brooch, design No. 98, designed by Gudmund Hentze for Georg Jensen, 1933-44, the openwork surmount formed from overlapping leaves with vein detailing, with four chrysoprase cabochon highlights, the whole suspending three similar drops each terminating in an oval amber cabochon, maker’s mark ‘GJ’ in a rectangular punch, stamped ‘830S’, numbered ‘98’, length 8.2cm. £1,000-£1,500

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

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This brooch, design No. 98, was designed by Georg Jensen ca. 1913.

This brooch is stamped with the rectangular box surrounding the initials GJ for 1933-44, but also 830S which would indicate that the piece was produced before 1932, showing that the piece reflects various years of production.


For a similar example, see:
Janet Drucker, Georg Jensen A Tradition of Splendid Silver, pub. Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2nd edition, 2001, page 82.




Gudmund Hentze (1875 - 1948)
Hentze was born in Næstved in Denmark. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1893-1894, and attended Zarhtmanns School of Arts between 1897-1898. He went on to study in Florence, and had exhibitions in Berlin, Brussels, Stockholm, as well as Copenhagen.
He designed objects in pewter and silver for the companies of Mogens Ballin, A. Michelsen, and from 1904 made drawings for jewellery at the Georg Jensen workshop. He is, however, better known for his paintings.