4361
A Georg Jensen Silver Flatware Service
Estimate: $10,000-$15,000
Sold
$13,000
Live Auction
Dining at Home
Description
A Georg Jensen Silver Flatware Service
Copenhagen, Mid 20th Century
Relief/Parallel pattern: comprising:
18 dinner knives
18 dinner forks
18 salad forks
12 cocktail forks
18 soup spoons
18 teaspoons
12 iced tea spoons
18 dessert spoons
18 butter spreaders
1 sugar scoops
1 sugar nips
3 serving spoons
2 serving forks
1 cold meat fork
1 casserole spoon
1 sauce ladle
1 cream ladle
1 cake knife
1 cake server;
163 items total.
206 ozt 19 dwt weighable
marked 'Sterling' to handles
Length of dinner knife 8 3/8 inches.
18 dinner knives
18 dinner forks
18 salad forks
12 cocktail forks
18 soup spoons
18 teaspoons
12 iced tea spoons
18 dessert spoons
18 butter spreaders
1 sugar scoops
1 sugar nips
3 serving spoons
2 serving forks
1 cold meat fork
1 casserole spoon
1 sauce ladle
1 cream ladle
1 cake knife
1 cake server;
163 items total.
206 ozt 19 dwt weighable
marked 'Sterling' to handles
Length of dinner knife 8 3/8 inches.
Property from the Collection of Mrs. Polly Kawalek, Wilmette, Illinois
Condition
Each piece marked George Jensen and Sterling Denmark. The knives and one of the serving pieces with hollow sterling handles and stainless blades. In overall good condition. Scattered surface scuffs consistent with polishing and use. No pitting or areas of significant tarnish.
Provenance
Provenance:
Purchased by Capt. Oliver & Joan Hallett, then by descent to current owner.
Note:
During his decades of service in the US Navy, Capt. Hallett served in a diplomatic role at the US embassy in Moscow, as a Naval Assistant to both the Kennedy and Johnson White House staffs and as the commanding officer of the Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes.