A DANISH SILVER SEVEN PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, NO....
Cosmos pattern, designed by Johan Rohde circa 1915, comprising a teapot, two coffee pots in sizes, a creamer, a hot milk jug, a small ewer, and a sugar bowl and cover, all baluster-shaped, the lower bodies chased with stylized stiff leaves, with ebonized wood loop handles headed by scrolls and spheres, marked on undersides
101⁄2 in. (26.7 cm.) high, the larger coffee pot
116 oz. 14 dwt. (3,629 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
D. Taylor and J. Laskey, Georg Jensen, Holloware: The Silver Fund Collection, London, 2003, p. 68 (examples of this model).
Lot Essay
Born in 1856 in the Danish town of Randers, Johan Rohde began his artistic career as a painter, graphic artist, and designer, achieving success by the late 1880's with exhibitions in Denmark and Germany. Rohde's initial collaboration with Jensen was in 1905 when he commissioned Jensen to execute his design for a tea service. Following the success of this collaboration, Rohde became a permanent designer for the Jensen silversmithy in 1907, creating simple modern works that emphasized form and line in contrast to Georg Jensen's more exuberantly decorated designs. While Jensen and Rohde were the lead designers in the early years of the firm, the success of this collaboration opened the door for new designers and styles in the future.
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Cosmos pattern, designed by Johan Rohde circa 1915, comprising a teapot, two coffee pots in sizes, a creamer, a hot milk jug, a small ewer, and a sugar bowl and cover, all baluster-shaped, the lower bodies chased with stylized stiff leaves, with ebonized wood loop handles headed by scrolls and spheres, marked on undersides
101⁄2 in. (26.7 cm.) high, the larger coffee pot
116 oz. 14 dwt. (3,629 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
D. Taylor and J. Laskey, Georg Jensen, Holloware: The Silver Fund Collection, London, 2003, p. 68 (examples of this model).
Lot Essay
Born in 1856 in the Danish town of Randers, Johan Rohde began his artistic career as a painter, graphic artist, and designer, achieving success by the late 1880's with exhibitions in Denmark and Germany. Rohde's initial collaboration with Jensen was in 1905 when he commissioned Jensen to execute his design for a tea service. Following the success of this collaboration, Rohde became a permanent designer for the Jensen silversmithy in 1907, creating simple modern works that emphasized form and line in contrast to Georg Jensen's more exuberantly decorated designs. While Jensen and Rohde were the lead designers in the early years of the firm, the success of this collaboration opened the door for new designers and styles in the future.
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