GEORG JENSEN: A DANISH STERLING SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SERVI...

Estimate

£2,500 - £3,500

GEORG JENSEN: A DANISH STERLING SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SERVICE, CIRCA 1915-1930

by Georg Jensen, import marks, George Stockwell, London 1924, 1925 and 1927, probably designed by Johan Rohde, comprising a teapot and cream jug, both no. 181, and associated sugar bowl, no. 42B, all lightly planished, each standing on a decagonal foot with applied ball decoration, the teapot with leaf-chased detachable domed cover with bud finial, and with presentation inscription around the foot edge dated 1929, the teapot and cream jug with bifurcated handles, all three with leaf-form pedestal stems. (3) Teapot 12.5cm high, 21.5cm handle to spout, 20.8 troy ounces gross

Teapot presentation inscription reads: PRESENTED TO MR HENRY MALTBY ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY 17TH APRIL, 1929, BY PARTNERS IN THE SWE-DAN CORPORATION

Teapot and cream jug with CFH guardian stamp. Teapot has had original ivory insulators removed from the handle, trace evidence of work and repair. Teapot c.1915-30, import 1924; cream jug c.1925-30, import 1927; sugar bowl c.1925-30, import 1925. Minor dings and light surface marks and scratches throughout commensurate with age and use.