Lot 35
  • 35

A Pair of Danish Silver Tureens and Covers, No. 417A, Georg Jensen Silversmithy, Copenhagen, 1925-32

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on bases
  • Silver
  • length over handles 10 3/4 in.
  • 27.3cm
designed by Georg Jensen in 1925, lightly spot-hammered, the bombé circular bowls with ebonized shell-form handles topped by openwork flower blossoms and scrolls, the stepped domed covers with fully modeled flower spray finials centered by chased leaves, bases engraved: PETRONITA ELISA HERRERA DE TEDIN URIBURU - 1937

Condition

one bowl with shallow dent to lower body, one cover with two scratches to cover, very slight scratches to interiors from use, overall very good condition
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