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12 April 2022
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Georg Jensen

Butter dish and cover, model 44

Denmark, 1922
sterling silver, amber 4¼ h × 6¾ dia in (11 × 17 cm)
estimate: $3,000–4,000
result: $13,750
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Impressed manufacturer's mark to underside of box and cover ‘Georg Jensen 925.S 44’ with assay master's mark ‘CFH’ for Christian F. Heise and Danish hallmarks.
literature: Georg Jensen: An Artist's Biography, Nielsen, pg. 11 Georg Jensen Holloware: The Silver Fund Collection, Taylor and Laskey, pg. 67

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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Silver is the best material we have. And silver has this wonderful shine like moonlight [...] a light taken straight from a Danish summer's night. When covered by dew, silver can look like magical mist.

Georg Jensen

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