Old Danish Canteen by Georg Jensen

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32piece Canteen – Old Danish Pattern (6 place settings) - Hallmark: London 1960’s by Georg Jensen – Weight: 1180 grams (38 troy ounces) plus 12 knives - Ref. No.: GP/4247

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32 Piece Old Danish Pattern Canteen, London 1960’s by Georg Jensen

The Service

This is a good quality Sterling silver canteen of flatware and cutlery by one of the most important silversmith of the 20th century. The service provides for five pieces for 6 place settings with a pair of serving spoons.

 

All the pieces were made by Georg Jensen and bear the post 1945 Jensen workshop Sterling mark. Each piece also bears a London import hallmark for dates throughout the 1960’s, but there are also a few later pieces too.

 

Old Danish Pattern

This stylish pattern was designed by Harald Nielson in 1947 and is also known by its Danish name of Dobeltriflet. As its Danish name suggests it has a double thread running around a shaped handle.

 

Georg Jensen

Georg Jensen was a Danish silversmith who opened his first silver workshop in 1904 in Copenhagen. He was to become the most renown maker of silverware in the World with shops in London, Paris, New York, Berlin and Stockholm. His company embraced the Art Deco movement of the 1920’s, 30’s & 40’s and some of his most important patterns were designed during this period. Many of the Jensen flatware patterns have endured the test of time and remain highly popular today.

 

Components

This 32-piece service consists of the following:

6 Table Knives                   21.8cm

6 Dessert Forks                     17cm

6 Table/dinner Forks        18cm

6 Dessert Spoons                   17.2cm

6 Dessert Knives                19.5cm

2 Table/serving Spoons        19.8cm

Total weight of weighable silver 1180 grams (38 troy ounces) plus 12 silver handled knives.

 

Condition

The service is in beautiful polished condition and benefits from having no personalised engravings to the pieces.

 

Presentation

This canteen is supplied in 6 cutlery rolls that were originally supplied by Macy’s of New York.  

 

As with all the canteens available from our web-site, we are happy to send a sample place setting for approval, on receipt of a fully refundable surety payment, prior to purchasing this canteen.