Extensive Georg Jensen Beaded Silver Set

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An early and extensive Georg Jensen Beaded silverware service, designed by Georg Jensen in 1916. This is one of the most extensive sets we have had including 49 serving pieces, many large and rare pieces. The set is has very early hallmarks, with Danish three tower stamps with dates from 1921 to 1931. This set also has the extra large continental size dinner pieces. 12 Extra-large dinner knives with short handle (9 3/4?; 24.8cm) stainless steel blades 12 Extra-large dinner forks (7 3/4?; 19.5cm) 12 Extra-large table spoons (8?; 20.3cm) 12 Round soup spoons (6 1/2?; 16.6cm) 12 Luncheon knives with short handle (7 3/4?; 19.5cm) stainless steel blades 12 Luncheon forks (6 3/4?; 17.3cm) 12 Dessert spoons (7 1/4?; 18.4cm) 12 Dessert forks (5 5/8?; 14.2cm) 12 Dessert knives (6 1/2?; 16.5cm) 12 Pastry forks (5 5/8?; 14.2cm) 12 Large teaspoons (5 7/8?; 15cm) 12 Teaspoons (5?; 12.8cm) 12 Coffee spoons (4 1/2?; 11.3cm) 12 Espresso spoons (3 7/8?; 9.8cm) 4 Butter knives (5 3/4?; 14.5cm) 49 Serving pieces: 1 extra-large punch ladle (13 1/2?; 34cm), 1 medium punch ladle (11?; 28cm), 1 extra-large cake server with floral motif (10 5/8?; 26.8cm), 1 fish server (9 3/4?; 24.7cm), 1 cake server (8 7/8?; 22.5cm), 2 pastry servers (7 3/8?; 18.8cm), 1 large pastry server with floral decoration (8 1/8?; 20.6cm), 1 large serving spoon (10 1/8?; 25.7cm), 1 two-piece medium serving set (9?; 22.9cm), 1 medium serving spoon (9?; 22.7cm), 1 sauce ladle (7 1/2?; 19cm), 1 large hollow handle meat serving fork (9 1/4?; 23.5cm), 2 meat serving forks (8?; 20.1cm), 1 two-piece small salad set with horn (6 3/8?; 16.2cm), 1 two-piece small salad set with steel (6 1/8?; 15.4cm), 3 compote spoons (6 5/8?; 16.8cm), 2 jam spoons (5 3/4?; 14.5cm), 2 hors d’oeuvres forks (5 3/8?; 13.8cm), 1 stilton cheese scoop (7?; 18cm), 1 nutcracker (6?; 15cm), 1 pastry server with horn (7 7/8?; 20cm), 2 large cold cut forks (7 1/8?; 18.2cm), 1 large pickles fork (7 1/4?; 18.2cm), 5 cold cuts forks (5 3/8?; 13.6cm), 1 canapé server (4 7/8?; 12.3cm), 1 herring server with horn blade (6 1/4?; 15.7cm), 1 bouillon spoon (5 1/2?; 14.1cm), 2 bottle openers (4 1/2?; 11.3cm), 1 curved baby spoon (4 3/8?; 11cm), 1 sugar spoon (4 1/2?: 11.4cm), 1 tea caddy shovel (4 3/8?; 12cm), 1 cream ladle (5 1/4; 13.1cm), 1 extremely rare small ladle with floral chased motif (5 7/8?; 14.8cm) and 1 rare small ladle with cut out floral pattern for juices to drain (5 5/8?; 14.3cm). 221 Pieces total Weight: Gross weight 9.6Kg including stainless blades and horn pieces. *Picture is example of a few pieces not the entire place setting.

Creator:
Georg Jensen (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)Width: 5 in (12.7 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 221
Style:
Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Sterling Silver,Forged,Hammered,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
Denmark
Period:
1910-1919
Date of Manufacture:
1921
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Hellerup, DK
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU8418233438512
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Georg Jensen

For over a century, Georg Jensen has produced some of the finest objects in Scandinavian modern design, including silver tableware, serving pieces, home decor, jewelry and more, frequently partnering with leading artisans to expand its offerings and respond to shifting tastes. Known for minimal aesthetics that reference nature, the craftsmanship of this legendary Danish silverware firm has regularly married function with thoughtful and beautiful design.

Founder Georg Jensen (1866–1935) was born in the small town of Radvaad, Denmark, and began his training as a goldsmith at 14. After studying sculpture and then training with master silversmith Mogens Ballin, he established his own silver business in Copenhagen in 1904. By 1918, the company was successful enough to open a shop in Paris.

Jensen’s firm produced an incredibly vast range of silver objects, from serving dishes and barware to centerpieces and chandeliers. For his early work, which bore ornate floral details and other organic forms of Art Nouveau, Jensen looked to the splendors of the natural world. The 1905 Blossom teapot, for instance, was topped with a magnolia bud and deftly balanced on toad feet, while some of Jensen’s best-known flatware patterns included Lily of the Valley, introduced in 1913, and Acorn, which debuted in 1915.

Collaboration with outside designers, long before such partnerships were common in design, would lead to some of the company’s most popular and enduring work of the mid-century. Sigvard Bernadotte and Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe created collections, as did Henning Koppel, whose curvy 1952 Pregnant Duck pitcher is a Georg Jensen classic.

After evolving and expanding throughout the 20th century, Georg Jensen was acquired by Investcorp in 2012. Today, the company is a global luxury brand with more than 1,000 stores around the world. It continues to produce seductive new pieces, such as a tea service made with Marc Newson in 2015, as well as timeless heritage designs, including the relaunch in 2019 of the 1018 solid sterling-silver Tureen 270. In 2020, the firm introduced the Jardinière 1505. Sculptural and richly decorative, the never-before-realized showpiece is hand-hammered from sheets of the finest sterling silver and is based on a 1915 sketch from Jensen’s archives.

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