Lot Details
Lot 181
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Four-Piece Tea and Coffee Service
Pattern 1017, designed by Henning Koppel in 1952
Comprising a teapot, coffee pot, cream jug and sugar bowl. Height of coffee pot 6 1/2 inches, total approximately 58 ounces, all in.
Literature:
Janet Drucker, Georg Jensen: A Tradition of Splendid Silver, New York, 1997, p. 228.
Henning Koppel (1918-1981) won first prize at the 1954 Milan Triennale for the design of this teapot which represented the future of silver design. An example of this service with tray is in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, and another three-piece service is in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
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