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A VERY RARE VINTAGE GEORG JENSEN FISH PLATTER AND LID 1026 Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen, after 1945 67,5 x 31,5 x 18 cm The design of the piece from the year 1954. Sterling silver. Sterling silver, the plain domed lid with turned up ends, resembling the mouth of a fish, on a dish with slightly folded rim. The bottom marked "925.S DESSIN HK DENMARK. Georg Jensen in a dotted oval (1945-77) STERLING 1026. Weight approx. 5726g. Scratches to the bottom, various small dents to the bowl, the lid with 2 dents to the dome and one to each handle. Lit. Janet Drucker, Georg Jensen - A Tradition of Splendid Silver, 1997, p. 205 (detail) The Danish designer Henning Koppel (Copenhagen 1918-1981) first studied drawing and then sculpture under Anker Hoffmann at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He began designing gold and silver in exile in Sweden during World War II at Orrefors and Svenskt Tenn, returning to Copenhagen in 1945 and working with the silversmiths Georg Jensen until his death in 1981. His designs, the so-called "New Look", had a completely new design concept. Turning away from the decorative elements of Art Nouveau and the geometry of the Art Deco period, his works show simple surfaces with an organic, slightly asymmetrical basic shape. His works were awarded gold medals at the Milan Triennale in 1951, 1954 and 1957.
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A VERY RARE VINTAGE GEORG JENSEN FISH PLATTER AND LID 1026 Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen, after 1945 67,5 x 31,5 x 18 cm The design of the piece from the year 1954. Sterling silver. Sterling silver, the plain domed lid with turned up ends, resembling the mouth of a fish, on a dish with slightly folded rim. The bottom marked "925.S DESSIN HK DENMARK. Georg Jensen in a dotted oval (1945-77) STERLING 1026. Weight approx. 5726g. Scratches to the bottom, various small dents to the bowl, the lid with 2 dents to the dome and one to each handle. Lit. Janet Drucker, Georg Jensen - A Tradition of Splendid Silver, 1997, p. 205 (detail) The Danish designer Henning Koppel (Copenhagen 1918-1981) first studied drawing and then sculpture under Anker Hoffmann at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He began designing gold and silver in exile in Sweden during World War II at Orrefors and Svenskt Tenn, returning to Copenhagen in 1945 and working with the silversmiths Georg Jensen until his death in 1981. His designs, the so-called "New Look", had a completely new design concept. Turning away from the decorative elements of Art Nouveau and the geometry of the Art Deco period, his works show simple surfaces with an organic, slightly asymmetrical basic shape. His works were awarded gold medals at the Milan Triennale in 1951, 1954 and 1957.
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