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Frantz Hingelberg began the production of independent, artistically designed jewelry in Arhus, Denmark in 1897. But it was not until 1928 when Svend Weihrauch (1899 - 1962) joined the company as artistic director and workshop manager that the company took off. Weihrach was a designer and silversmith and joined Hingelberg after working with Georg Jensen for a number of years. From 1930 onwards he was the sole supplier of designs to this workshop. Weihrauch's early, systematic adoption of organised production techniques within a field that was normally the domain of traditional craftsmanship made him an early exponent of Functionalism. The international success of his work at the World Fairs i

Jug · Aarhus · 1938. Silver, spun and soldered with ebonite details. By Svend Weihrauch. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.