A rather obscure book about Jensen Holloware was published in 2003, and though copies are available on the net, I've found them quite expensive. I recently found a bargain-priced copy and discovered it was quite a remarkable title. A really important part of the book is twenty-one pages of listings about each item: type, design number, date introduced, designer, height, length, width, and weight. Collectors will appreciate the design number and release date.
It has good quality photos of just over 750 Jensen silver items from the origins of the company and I had no idea how wide-ranging some of these items are. As well as the expected bowls (dozens of these) tea and coffee sets, cups, trays and candlesticks there is a baby's rattle from 1916, grape scissors, 1927, an ashtray, 1937, trivet, two of these from 1910 and 1932. There are biographies and photo of twenty-five designers who contributed to the Jensen style. They all have dark blue left-hand pages throughout the book.
Though the book's silver photos appear to be black and white they have all been printed with four colors with a 200 screen on semi-matt gloss paper and the photos look amazing. My only criticism is that the back of the book caption pages should have had these printed on the relevant pages, it gets tiresome to keep flipping to the back to find out some detail about an item.
Georg Jensen Holloware must be the definitive title about the subject. An essential book for anyone who likes the timeless style of Jensen holloware silver.
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