Danish Designer Just Andersen Sterling Leaves Brooch Earrings SET Circa 1930s
Danish Designer Just Andersen Sterling Leaves Brooch Earrings SET Circa 1930s
Just Andersen Denmark Sterling Silver Leaves Brooch & Earrings Set - Circa 1930s
Measurements: Brooch 2.75"L x 1"W ( 6.99cm x 2.54cm)
Earrings 1"L x .5"W (2.54cm x 1.27cm)
Markings: Just A - Danmark - 925 - Sterling - 680 - 704
Weight: 30g
Set is in excellent condition with no dings or dents and only very minor wear. The set has recently been professionally polished and look amazing!
Earrings are screw back style but could easily and inexpensively be converted to post back earrings by a jeweler. Included with purchase is a silver converter so it can be worn as a pendant if preferred.
Mannequin is a life-size torso representation
Just Andersen started making jewellery In his own workshop in 1918, having received a kickstart from Mogens Ballin with a 3 year project to decorate an altar in Copenhagen. He produced beautiful figural sculptures in gold as pieces of jewellery, but they were of course very expensive, and so he also started working in silver and pewter and "Disko", an alloy which he discovered himself. His pewter hollowware from that period commands very high prices today.
At the end of the 1920s, Just Andersen started to move from individual ‘unica' pieces to a more streamlined production method, collaborating with a Swedish goldsmith and introducing pieces inspired by the simple forms of Nordic pre-historic jewellery. (Source: Jacob Thage, Danish Jewellery, 1990)
Just Andersen died in 1943, but his workshop continued under the management of his widow and Ellen Schlanbusch (1902-2005) who worked for the company for a total of 50 years, and who became artistic director. Karen Strand, Arje Griegst and Jane Wiberg were all apprentices in the post-war period. The company closed in 1973. (Source:Vibeke Marssoe)
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