Georg Jensen "No. 3" Sterling Silver Coffee and Tea Set
Georg Jensen "No. 3" Sterling Silver and Ebony Coffee and Tea Service, designed 1906 by Georg Jensen, made circa 1915-1927. Eight (8) pieces including kettle on detachable stand, coffee and tea pots, milk jug, cream pitcher, sugar and waste bowls, and tea caddy; the lidded items each topped with bulbous ebony finials over a stylized leaf cap; handled forms with ring and ball or bud designs; each with tapered melon-form body having a hammered ground atop a round, beaded foot. All pieces hallmarked with Jensen marks used 1915-1927. Marks on sugar bowl, waste bowl, and cream jug are marked with 925S in rectangle versus the 925S oval mark on other pieces. Heights range from waste bowl, 3 1/2" H, to Kettle on stand (excluding handle) - 12 3/4" H. Weight including lids but excluding kettle and stand: 97.72 total ounces troy.
Private Alabama collection.
Condition Report: Overall excellent condition. Milk pitcher finial and foot sit slightly uneven; 3/4" diameter dent to side of milk pitcher; handle detached at upper seam but stable. Waste bowl appears to have several repaired dents to sides and one present 1/4" dent. Sugar bowl has a 1" shallow dent to side and a 1/4" dent. Kettle stand pin is slightly bent. Other pieces excellent condition with minimal scratching. Minor wear to wood finials; milk jug lid finial has one fine shrinkage crack.
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Georg Jensen "No. 3" Sterling Silver and Ebony Coffee and Tea Service, designed 1906 by Georg Jensen, made circa 1915-1927. Eight (8) pieces including kettle on detachable stand, coffee and tea pots, milk jug, cream pitcher, sugar and waste bowls, and tea caddy; the lidded items each topped with bulbous ebony finials over a stylized leaf cap; handled forms with ring and ball or bud designs; each with tapered melon-form body having a hammered ground atop a round, beaded foot. All pieces hallmarked with Jensen marks used 1915-1927. Marks on sugar bowl, waste bowl, and cream jug are marked with 925S in rectangle versus the 925S oval mark on other pieces. Heights range from waste bowl, 3 1/2" H, to Kettle on stand (excluding handle) - 12 3/4" H. Weight including lids but excluding kettle and stand: 97.72 total ounces troy.
Private Alabama collection.
Condition Report: Overall excellent condition. Milk pitcher finial and foot sit slightly uneven; 3/4" diameter dent to side of milk pitcher; handle detached at upper seam but stable. Waste bowl appears to have several repaired dents to sides and one present 1/4" dent. Sugar bowl has a 1" shallow dent to side and a 1/4" dent. Kettle stand pin is slightly bent. Other pieces excellent condition with minimal scratching. Minor wear to wood finials; milk jug lid finial has one fine shrinkage crack.
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