A Georg Jensen silver samovar, ovoid shape flaring at the shoulder towards an everted beaded rim, the tap ornated with an applied stylised leaf and set with an ebonised wooden finial above two grape clusters, with two trefoil shape ebonised wooden handles,the domed lid with silver finial simulating a fruitbasket, the cylindrical base containg the heating element and decorated with engraved stylised floral designs within square panels, with connection for power lead at the rear, on circular ebonised wooden base, stamped maker's mark for 1925-1932, No. 32 and with engraved hand written signature Georg Jensen

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A Georg Jensen silver samovar, ovoid shape flaring at the shoulder towards an everted beaded rim, the tap ornated with an applied stylised leaf and set with an ebonised wooden finial above two grape clusters, with two trefoil shape ebonised wooden handles,the domed lid with silver finial simulating a fruitbasket, the cylindrical base containg the heating element and decorated with engraved stylised floral designs within square panels, with connection for power lead at the rear, on circular ebonised wooden base, stamped maker's mark for 1925-1932, No. 32 and with engraved hand written signature Georg Jensen
36 cm high

Lot Essay

This Samovar will be sold with a photocopy of the original drawings of the piece by Georg Jensen and with a letter from the Georg Jensen company, dated August 1987, stating that according to their records this samovar is the only piece with these dimension ever to be made by the workshop. It was a special commission from a patron to complement a tea-set ordered in 1913. It was delivered on 10 December 1930 at a cost price of 1000 Dkr and signed by Georg Jensen himself.

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