A silver bowl, model no 296, Copenhagen, Denmark 1920.
Oval form, decorated with hanging grapes and vines, the foot partly gadrooned and decorated with grapes. 830/1000 silver. Length 19.8 cm, width 14.3 cm, height 13 cm. Weight approximately 477 g.
Ivan Munk Olsen, "Sølvsmeden Georg Jensen", Copenhagen 1937, the modell ill. at p. 56.
Jørgen E. R. Møller, "Georg Jensen The Danish SIlversmith", Georg Jensen & Wendel A/S, Copenhagen 1985. The model depicted p 56.
Ed. Georg Jensen Ltd, "Georg Jensen and The Silversmiths", Japan 1988, the modell ill. at p .34-35.
Janet Drucker, "Georg Jensen, a tradition of splendid silver", USA 1997, p. 204 for a contemporary image of this model. In the book it is stated that the design was made 1919.
Janet Drucker and William Drucker, Georg Jensen: 20th Century Designs, New York 2002. Compare ill. at p. 34, catalogue no F-240.
Georg Jensen was a Danish silversmith and designer. Jensen studied at the Royal Danske Kunstakademie in Copenhagen, specializing in sculpture. Before starting his own company, he worked at the Bing & Grøndal porcelain factory. He founded his silver atelier in 1904 and created many works in Art Nouveau style. The company Georg Jensen Sølvsmedie opened a branch on Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1924. The company has often had designers attached to it, such as Sigvard Bernadotte, Arne Jacobsen and Verner Panton. During the 1960s and 1970s, sculpturally designed jewelery and wristwatches were included, designed by, among others, Vivianna Bülow-Hübe. Georg Jensen has always sold high-quality silverware with unique designs. Clean and timeless aesthetics are the company's hallmark.
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