Lot 30 | Large silverware set 'Acorn'

LARGE SILVERWARE SET 'ACORN'.

Copenhagen.
Date: After 1945.
Maker/Designer: Georg Jensen. Design Johann Rhode 1915-17.
Technique: Silver. Knife blades mainly of steel, caviar knife with horn.
Description: The flat handle with elongated curve, ending in pine cones with volutes.
A total of 236 pieces, consisting of:
12 bouillon spoons,
12 starter forks,
12 starter spoons,
12 starter knives,
12 dinner forks,
12 dinner spoons,
12 dinner knives,
12 fish knives,
12 fish forks,
12 lobster forks,
12 oyster forks,
12 caviar knives,
12 fruit forks,
12 fruit knives,
12 coffee spoons,
12 mocca spoons,
12 dessert forks,
12 iced tea spoons,
2-piece salad servers,
2 large serving spoons,
2 small serving spoons,
2 large serving forks,
2 small serving forks,
1 caviar spoon,
1 sauce ladle,
2 meat forks,
2 butter knives,
1 small serving spoon,
2 cake shovels,
1 cheese knife.
Weight: Approx. 7433 (excluding those pieces with horn or steel parts)g.
Mark: Sterling, Denmark, maker's mark Georg Jensen inside oval from 1945.

Provenance:
Private collection Berlin.

Literature:
Kunst vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939), Sammlung Karl H.Bröhan Berlin, vol. IV
Metallkunst, Bröhan-Museum 1990, No.258.