Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

Georg Jensen: a Danish silver butterfly brooch, designed by Arno Malinowski, No. 283, the circular design incorporating two butterflies amidst flowers and foliage, post 1945 maker’s marks, numbered ‘283’, diameter 5.2cm. £150-£200

Arno Malinowski (1899-1976) was multi talented artist, being a successful silver designer, sculptor, ceramist, engraver and medalist. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and School of Sculpture in Copenhagen from 1919-1922 and worked for Georg Jensen between 1936-1944 and again from 1949-1965, creating designs for jewellery and hollowware. His pieces tend to be executed in low relief medallist form, his designs often including stylised animals; the Art Deco style Kneeling Deer being one of his most popular which he designed in 1937. He received several awards for his designs for objects made of silver, porcelain and bronze, including a silver medal at the Paris international exposition in 1925, the Eckersberg Medal (1933) and the Carlson Prize (1936).