Sale 2004
New York
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22 May 2008
Price realised
USD 7,500
Estimate
A DANISH SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY DESIGNED BY HARALD NIELSEN MARK OF GEORG JENSEN, COPENHAGEN, 20TH CENTURY Circular, with two wood handles, no. 875A, marked on reverse 16 in. (40.8 cm.) long over handles; 38 oz. (1184 gr.) gross weight
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Our Head of Silver reflects on the importance of great mentors, and his most memorable finds across 28 years with the company
Four contemporary silversmiths — hailing from China, Belgium, Britain and Japan — who have harnessed ancient techniques to their own distinctive styles
From an intricately worked 15th-century spoon to a Georg Jensen jug, via a Rococo sugar box made by the greatest silversmith of the 18th century
The designer and decorator shows us around his Santa Monica HQ, and enthuses over the forthcoming Rooms as Portraits auctions in London and New York
Chinese Works of Art specialist Olivia Hamilton reckons this pair of superb sculptures — around 1,300 years old — are ‘the finest I've seen come up for sale‘