Modern Design 
12 September 2020
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Sigvard Bernadotte

assembled Bernadotte flatware service

Georg Jensen
Sweden / Denmark, 1939
sterling silver
estimate: $5,500–6,500
result: $8,125
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This silverware set was designed by Sigvard Bernadotte, prince of the Swedish Royal house and fits with the elegant simplicity of Georg Jensen’s designs. This design was used by Danish King Christian X in the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen when it debuted in 1939.
Seven-piece service for eight with twenty additional utensils and two serving pieces; seventy-eight pieces total. All marked. 120.4 ozt (weighable).
literature: Georg Jensen: A Tradition of Splendid Silver, Drucker, pg. 264

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Sigvard Bernadotte 1907–2002

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Sigvard Bernadotte was one of Sweden’s most renowned designers, creating everything from tableware, and everyday objects to patterns and carpets. The second son of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, Sigvard Bernadotte was born a prince, though he lost his royal status in 1934 when he married a commoner.

Bernadotte got his design career start as an apprentice under Olle Hjortzberg then he went on to design silver for Georg Jensen and movie sets for MGM. In 1950, in collaboration with Acton Bjørn, he opened up his first industrial design studio, Bernadotte and Bjørn. Bernadotte’s designs are known for being stylish and functional and today he is fondly remembered as the Prince of Industrial Design.

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