Mid 20th Century Georg Jensen Sterling Silver 76-Piece Flatware Set in Acanthus Pattern for 12

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Georg Jensen sterling silver flatware set, in the celebrated Acanthus pattern, from the mid-20th century, consisting of:

12 dinner forks … Read more Georg Jensen sterling silver flatware set, in the celebrated Acanthus pattern, from the mid-20th century, consisting of:

12 dinner forks measuring 7 3/8'' in length
12 salad forks measuring 6 3/4'' in length
12 dinner knives measuring 9'' in length
12 all-silver butter spreaders measuring 6'' in length
12 teaspoons measuring 5 7/8'' in length
12 oval soup spoons measuring 7'' in length
a two-piece salad serving set consisting of a fork and a spoon, both measuring 9 1/4'' in length
a sauce ladle measuring 8'' in length
a serving spoon measuring 8 3/8'' in length
Total approximate silver weight is 84 troy ounces including 1 troy ounce per knife. Hallmarks are shown.

Danish silversmith Georg Jensen (1866-1935) set up his own silver business in 1904 in Copenhagen. Jensen's training in metalsmithing, along with his education in the fine arts, allowed him to combine the two disciplines and revive the tradition of the artist craftsman. Soon, the beauty and quality of his creations caught the eye of the public and his success was assured. In 1912, expansion of his studio began in earnest. By 1917, he had built a workshop brimming with hundreds of employees. Jensen was awarded the Grand Prix at the world exhibition in Paris in 1925 and again in Barcelona in 1929. The sale of Jensen silver went really well and in the early 1930s there were Jensen shops in Paris, London, Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, Barcelona, Stockholm, St. Thomas, Buenos Aires and New York apart from the ones in Denmark. By his death in 1935, Georg Jensen was an international house of design where inspired artisans carried on a tradition of blending expert craftsmanship with forward-thinking design. In his obituary the New York Herald Tribune called him “the greatest silversmith of the last 300 years.”

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