A silver centrepiece bowl, model '19', Copenhagen ca 1919-21, Swedish import marks GABF.
Round bowl on high openwork foot with leaves and berries, height 16.5 cm, diameter 19.8 cm. 830/1000 silver. Weight approx. 617 g.
The model (in a slightly lager format) was acquired in an early stage by Musée du Louvre in Paris to the permanent exhibition.
Ivan Munk Olsen, "Sølvsmeden Georg Jensen", Köpenhamn 1937, compare copy ill. at p. 46.
Red. Ditlev Reventlow, "Georg Jensens sølvsmedie - gennem fyrretyve aar 1904 - 1944", 1944. A copy ill. at the chapter about Georg Jensen.
Jørgen E. R. Møller, "Georg Jensen The Danish SIlversmith", Georg Jensen & Wendel A/S, Köpenhamn 1985. Compare copy ill. at p. 43.
Janet Drucker, "Georg Jensen, a tradition of splendid silver", USA 1997. Compare ill. at p. 188.
Janet Drucker and William Drucker, "Georg Jensen: 20th Century Designs", New York 2002. Compare ill. at p. 5, catalogue no F-46.
Thomas C. Thulstrup, "Georg Jensen: Silver and Design", Copenhagen 2004. Compare ill. at pp. 32-33.
Lise Funder, "Danish Silver 20th Century", 2004, compare ill. at p. 56, catalogue no 57.
In the large book about Georg Jensen by Thomas C. Thulstrup, this bowl, designed in 1912, is referred to as the so-called Louvre bowl and as one of Jensen's most famous bowls internationally, which has also appeared on a postage stamp in Denmark.