Georg Jensen - Large rare sterling silver centrepiece dish no. 1086 S0EREN GEORG JENSEN for GEORG JENSEN, after 1945 46 x 34 x 6,5 cm Designed in 1960. Marked at the bottom "DESSIN S.G.J. DENMARK. Georg Jensen im Oval aus Punkten (1945-77) STERLING 1086". Ca. 3850g. Minor scratches to upside and bottom. Lit. Janet Drucker, Georg Jensen - A Tradition of Splendid Silver, 1997, p. 237 Soeren Georg Jensen 1917 Copenhagen - 1982 ibid.) was a Danish sculptor and silversmith. The son of the well-known silversmith Georg Jensen (1866-1935), he was a designer from 1949 and artistic director of the Georg Jensen Silversmiths from 1962 to 1974. Lit. Georg Jensen Silversmithy: 77 Artists, 77 Years, 1980, p. 83

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