Jewellery and Watches

A Danish silver bracelet, by Georg Jensen, designed by Hans Hansen, composed of square facetted panels with articulated links between, stamped to the reverse of the clasp with post-1945 company mark, with the designer’s facsimile signature and import marks for London, 1993, length 15.6cm. £200-300

Hans Hansen (1884-1940) opened a goldsmith shop and smithy in Kolding, Denmark about 1906. By the 1920s, Hansen was producing his own line based on his and H.F. Gross' designs. Initially the company produced flatware. Once that was successful, they started designing and making jewellery. The first pieces were designed by Hansen himself around 1931 but the production of jewellery really began in earnest in 1932 with a collection designed by Hansen's son Karl Gustav Hansen, (born 1914). After his father’s death in 1940, at just 56 years of age, Karl Gustav took over the Hans Hansen silversmithy. In 1992 the firm joined with the Georg Jensen company.