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Lot Essay
This coffee service is an interesting collaboration between two men who would later become influential designers with the firm of Georg Jensen.
Sigvard Bernadotte, (1907-2002), was the second son of Gustaf VI Adolf, later King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught, daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and grand-daughter of Queen Victoria. Known at the time of the design of this coffee-service as Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland, Bernadotte lost his Royal titles and was excluded from the line of succession in 1934, having married a commoner, Erica Maria Patzek. He was created Count Bernadotte of Wisborg by Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg in 1951.
Bernadotte joined the firm of Georg Jensen in 1931, becoming the first designer working there in a completely modernist style. His early work was typified with the use of engraved lines and fluting, hints of which can we seen on the foot and finial of the present coffee service.
Jörgen Jensen was the second son of Georg Jensen, he studied and worked in Germany during the early part of his career, returning to the family firm in Copenhagen in 1917. He remained there until 1923 at which time he left to set up his own workshop in Stockholm. In 1936, the year after the death of his father, Jensen once again returned to Copenhagen to design silver and jewellery there until the early 1960's.
Sigvard Bernadotte, (1907-2002), was the second son of Gustaf VI Adolf, later King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught, daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and grand-daughter of Queen Victoria. Known at the time of the design of this coffee-service as Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland, Bernadotte lost his Royal titles and was excluded from the line of succession in 1934, having married a commoner, Erica Maria Patzek. He was created Count Bernadotte of Wisborg by Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg in 1951.
Bernadotte joined the firm of Georg Jensen in 1931, becoming the first designer working there in a completely modernist style. His early work was typified with the use of engraved lines and fluting, hints of which can we seen on the foot and finial of the present coffee service.
Jörgen Jensen was the second son of Georg Jensen, he studied and worked in Germany during the early part of his career, returning to the family firm in Copenhagen in 1917. He remained there until 1923 at which time he left to set up his own workshop in Stockholm. In 1936, the year after the death of his father, Jensen once again returned to Copenhagen to design silver and jewellery there until the early 1960's.