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In the 1950s Jens Hansen brought a style of jewellery design from his native Denmark to Auckland and wowed the fashionistas.

He later moved to Nelson and most recently found new fame when he was commissioned to make the rings for the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Since his death in 1999 his sons have been running the business and for the first time in 40 years Halfdan has bought Jens Hansen jewellery back to the city where it all began.

It is a statement of record that for the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movie trilogy we made we made the One Ring in all its appearances and Vilya, ring of Elrond.

However, it is also true that we did not make any of the other rings and jewelery in the movie. For copyright reasons therefore we have no right to sell a replica of Nenya, the Ring of Water, worn by Galadriel, the Queen of the Elves. The role of Galadriel was played in the movie trilogy by actress Cate Blanchett.

Mr Hansen, manager of Nelson's Jens Hansen jewellers, said the order came from an American he could not identify but described as a friend of Liv Tyler, who played elf princess Arwen in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

It is a statement of record that for the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movie trilogy we made we made the One Ring in all its appearances and Vilya, ring of Elrond.

Ever since the release of the first Lord of the Rings movie we have been privileged to have had our 'role' in the films reported on television by t...

The team at Jens Hansen Gold & Silversmith is proud to bring you this pic of the Big Chain as it was being created in our studio. 

Used for those scenes where the One Ring and Chain needed to be shot closeup, the Big Chain was made in sterling silver and scaled in proportion to the massive 6 inch diameter gold plated steel One Ring also created in our workshop. 

You may remember back in April 2003 seeing us posting a news item about the auction by Sotheby's of one of the unique prototype rings that my father Jens Hansen had created during the One Ring design process. 

That ring actually sold for US$5750- and my brother & I have been persuaded to release one more of prototypes to auction. 

Our late father, esteemed Danish born and New Zealand based jeweller, Jens Hansen, designed and made the One Ring gold ring used in the filming of the current Lord of the Rings film trilogy. 

Although the movie makers ordered some forty One Ring's of various sizes from us for the different scenes in the movie, my brother and I were left by our father seven original silver ring design prototypes, and the two original Gold Plated Sterling Silver rings one of which was ultimately selected as the final design for the One Ring from which all subsequent One Rings we made for the movies were replicated.