A rare early Georg Jensen silver pitcher, model no 159 - image-1
A rare early Georg Jensen silver pitcher, model no 159 - image-2
A rare early Georg Jensen silver pitcher, model no 159 - image-1A rare early Georg Jensen silver pitcher, model no 159 - image-2

Lot 1203 Dα

A rare early Georg Jensen silver pitcher, model no 159

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 4.000 € - 4.300 €

A rare early Georg Jensen silver pitcher, model no 159

"Melon" model. Gadrooned bombé-form vessel with a curved ebonised wood handle. H 21.5 cm, weight 531 g.
Copenhagen, marks of Georg Jensen, designed 1912, produced 1912 - 1914.

Model No. 159 is based on Model No. 3; cf. Taylor/Laskey p. 53.

Literature

Not illustrated in the standard works, three other items from this service in Tailor/Laskey, Georg Jensen Holloware, London 2003, p. 92.