Art Nouveau silver walking stick with octopus, signed Christian Fjerdingstad, Denmark 1912-1914.

Denmark 1912-1914.

7800 EURO

Art Nouveau jewel walking stick. A silver handle, designed and crafted by the young Dane Christian Fjerdingstad in the first decade of the 20th century. A spectacular depiction of an octopus, notable for its exquisite carving and numerous meticulous details: two cabochon-set emerald eyes; hammered skin, with the cavities blackened for dramatic contrast; eight limbs dragging, anchoring, and sliding along the ebony shaft with those countless beautifully crafted suckers. A ring of hemispheres with cabochon sapphires completes the band’s collar. It was the work of the young Christian Fjerdingstad, the designer who would soon become a leading exponent of streamlined Scandinavian modernity. Denmark, circa 1912–1914.
Danish silversmith and designer Christian Fjerdingstad (1891–1968) grew up along the Baltic Sea, developing a lifelong passion for flora, fauna, and natural materials, which would shape his later work. He began his career with an apprenticeship as a silversmith in Skagen before establishing his own workshop in 1912. He lived in Belgium, where designer Henry Clemens van de Velde commissioned a silver service, and in France, where he met ceramist and decorator Fernand Léger, who encouraged him to participate in the 1921 Salon d’Automne in Paris. He exhibited at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris and, in the same year, joined Christofle as its principal designer and manufacturer, while maintaining his own workshop. Fjerdingstad created works for Christofle in silver, silver-plated metal, and pewter. He remained at Christofle until 1941. Amber and Silver: Christian Fjerdingstad, a Danish Art Deco Orfèvre, was published to accompany an exhibition of the same name in 1999 in Koldinghus, Denmark.

36,75” – 93,5 CM H 5” – 12,5 CM L 1,25” – 3 CM D

REF: M6183

Art Nouveau jewel walking stick. A silver handle, designed and crafted by the young Dane Christian Fjerdingstad in the first decade of the 20th century. A spectacular depiction of an octopus, notable for its exquisite carving and numerous meticulous details: two cabochon-set emerald eyes; hammered skin, with the cavities blackened for dramatic contrast; eight limbs dragging, anchoring, and sliding along the ebony shaft with those countless beautifully crafted suckers. A ring of hemispheres with cabochon sapphires completes the band’s collar. It was the work of the young Christian Fjerdingstad, the designer who would soon become a leading exponent of streamlined Scandinavian modernity. Denmark, circa 1912–1914. 
Danish silversmith and designer Christian Fjerdingstad (1891–1968) grew up along the Baltic Sea, developing a lifelong passion for flora, fauna, and natural materials, which would shape his later work. He began his career with an apprenticeship as a silversmith in Skagen before establishing his own workshop in 1912. He lived in Belgium, where designer Henry Clemens van de Velde commissioned a silver service, and in France, where he met ceramist and decorator Fernand Léger, who encouraged him to participate in the 1921 Salon d’Automne in Paris. He exhibited at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris and, in the same year, joined Christofle as its principal designer and manufacturer, while maintaining his own workshop. Fjerdingstad created works for Christofle in silver, silver-plated metal, and pewter. He remained at Christofle until 1941. Amber and Silver: Christian Fjerdingstad, a Danish Art Deco Orfèvre, was published to accompany an exhibition of the same name in 1999 in Koldinghus, Denmark.
36,75” – 93,5 CM H 5” – 12,5 CM L 1,25” – 3 CM D
 REF: M6183