Lot Essay
The present model came to be known as the 'Louvre' bowl when the Louvre Museum in Paris acquired an example for their permanent collection.
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DESIGNED BY GEORG JENSEN, 1912, MANUFACTURED 1933-1945
Details
'Louvre', a silver bowl
Designed by Georg Jensen, 1912, manufactured 1933-1945
Large bowl with stylised openwork foliate stem, martelé spreading circular foot
6¾in. (17.2cm.) high
Company mark for 1933-1944, .925S standard, STERLING DENMARK and numbered 19A
Designed by Georg Jensen, 1912, manufactured 1933-1945
Large bowl with stylised openwork foliate stem, martelé spreading circular foot
6¾in. (17.2cm.) high
Company mark for 1933-1944, .925S standard, STERLING DENMARK and numbered 19A
Literature
Janet Drucker, Georg Jensen. A Tradition of Splendid Silver, Atglen, 1997, p. 188 (archive photograph of the model illustrated)
Special notice
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