GEORG JENSEN (Denmark) Silver cutlery "Continental" for 6 persons with serving pieces - GEORG JENSEN (Denmark) Silver cutlery "Continental" for 6 persons with serving pieces after 1945, design from 1906, silver, marked on the reverse with master's mark, "STERLING DENMARK", 54 pieces in total, consisting of 6 dinner knives (L 23cm, with steel blades), 6 dinner forks (L 18,5cm), 6 dinner spoons (L19cm), 6 starter knives (L 20cm, with steel blades), 6 starter forks (L 17.5cm), 6 starter spoons (L 17.5cm), 6 soup spoons (L 16.5cm), 6 cake forks (L 14cm), 2 vegetable/potato spoons (L 20cm), 1 butter knife (L 15cm), 1 meat fork (L 20cm), 1 sauce ladle (L 19cm) and 1 cream ladle (L 13cm, from 1924, hallmark Christian F. Heise), hammered decoration, combined weight (without knife) 1970g

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