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P:  6/1/2009 3:42:51 PM  
AGBF
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I decided to pick up the gauntlet and agree to jewelerman's request that I participate by posing a question.  I doubt that it will be too difficult for you!  The pieces in the photograph below belonged to my late mother.  They were purchased at Georg Jensen Inc 667 Fifth Avenue, New York.  They are from the "Acorn in Silhouette" collection.  In what year did that collection appear?

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Posted:  6/1/2009 3:42:51 PM

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P: 6/2/2009 3:28:27 AM
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I can't go much further than "somewhere in the 1905-1915 decade" for the pattern without looking it up. As far as the collection goes, I have no idea, but I will guess mid 1950s.

Posted:  6/2/2009 3:28:27 AM
P: 6/2/2009 11:23:54 AM
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I agree vwith OMC...The jewelry is the style popular in the 1910-15- ish period...the shield pattern,the moonstone,the naturalism,all factors that make me want to say early 20th century.Goods question and I like the use of photos!
BTY...i dont think that research to learn the correct answers is off limits....members have mentioned that they learn alot from the interaction....the quiz question is to create discussion and not for just the jewelry educated.

Posted:  6/2/2009 11:23:54 AM
P: 6/3/2009 7:08:09 PM
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Thanks for your replies oldmancoyote and jewelerman; you were both right on target for when the design was introduced.  I have to correct something I wrote. The basic design from which the design on these jewelry pieces was derived was simply, "Acorn" (not "Acorn in Silhouette", which is a caption I saw in a book on Georg Jensen silver).

The "Acorn" (Konge) pattern for flatware was designed in 1915 by Johan Rohde and introduced in 1916 by Georg Jensen.  It is their best known and most popular sterling flatware pattern and is still being produced.  The pin, I believe, was made in 1944.  One that is nearly identical appears in a book with jewelry introduced in 1944.  That would make its production smack in the middle of World War II when there was no communication between Georg Jensen in Copenhagen and Georg Jensen in New York where this pin was produced.

Interesting that the flatware was designed during World War I (1914-1918) isn't it? 

Thank you both for playing!

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Posted:  6/3/2009 7:08:09 PM
P: 6/4/2009 11:11:08 AM
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Date: 6/3/2009 7:08:09 PM
Author: AGBF


Thanks for your replies oldmancoyote and jewelerman; you were both right on target for when the design was introduced. I have to correct something I wrote. The basic design from which the design on these jewelry pieces was derived was simply, 'Acorn' (not 'Acorn in Silhouette', which is a caption I saw in a book on Georg Jensen silver).

The 'Acorn' (Konge) pattern for flatware was designed in 1915 by Johan Rohde and introduced in 1916 by Georg Jensen. It is their best known and most popular sterling flatware pattern and is still being produced. The pin, I believe, was made in 1944. One that is nearly identical appears in a book with jewelry introduced in 1944. That would make its production smack in the middle of World War II when there was no communication between Georg Jensen in Copenhagen and Georg Jensen in New York where this pin was produced.

Interesting that the flatware was designed during World War I (1914-1918) isn't it?

Thank you both for playing!

AGBF
    i will bet that the pins design was originally introduced in the early 1900 and was re-introduced in the 1940s when this style jewely became popular again in the states in the 1940s...or it was never discontinued.Next question!

Posted:  6/4/2009 11:11:08 AM

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