Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

Georg Jensen: a Danish silver circular dove brooch designed by Kristian Møhl-Hansen, No. 70, the standing dove within a foliate wreath, post 1945 maker’s marks, import marks for London 1953, numbered ‘70’, diameter 5.8cm. £150-£200

Kristian Møhl-Hansen (1876-1962) initially studied painting at the Kunstakademiet and at Zahrtmann’s School in Copenhagen, moving into design work in different media on a free lance basis, including designs for silverworks for the Georg Jensen Silversmithy. In 1903 or 1904 Møhl-Hansen drew a design for Jensen that would have a major impact on the firm for years to come. the design of a standing dove in profile surrounded by a circular wreath was subsequently used as the central motif for a belt buckle, brooches, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces and is one of the most recognisable of all the silversmithy’s designs. At least one version of the design - a belt buckle featuring two doves - was included in the silversmithy’s crucial 1904 exhibition at the Kunstindustrimuseum. In 1920, he was awarded the Eckersberg medal and a gold medal for his embroidered textiles at the 1925 Paris international exposition.