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2497 - Rare "Pyramid" fish platter by Georg Jensen, sterling silver. Elongated, oval shape with multi-tiered, fanned handles on the ends, a concave center, and a flared, profiled rim. The insert, which fits into the center, is openwork with two trapezoidal handles and a central, engraved and openwork depiction of a stylized fish set against a background of suggested waves. Marked 925 and “Denmark Sterling,” maker’s mark, designer’s monogram “Dessin HN” for designer Harald Nielsen, ca. 1930, model no. 600. Weight approx. 3,750 g. Height 2.5 cm. 64 cm x 29.5 cm.
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Rare "Pyramid" fish platter by Georg Jensen, sterling silver. Elongated, oval shape with multi-tiered, fanned handles on the ends, a concave center, and a flared, profiled rim. The insert, which fits into the center, is openwork with two trapezoidal handles and a central, engraved and openwork depiction of a stylized fish set against a background of suggested waves. Marked 925 and “Denmark Sterling,” maker’s mark, designer’s monogram “Dessin HN” for designer Harald Nielsen, ca. 1930, model no. 600. Weight approx. 3,750 g. Height 2.5 cm. 64 cm x 29.5 cm. Harald Nielsen began as an apprentice in Georg Jensen’s silversmith’s workshop in 1909; created some of the company’s most successful designs in the 1920s and 1930s, and, following Georg Jensen’s death in 1935, made it his life’s work to carry on the master’s legacy. See Georg Jensen Holloware, The Silver Fund Collection, p. 34, pp. 209 ff. Provenance: Estate of Hildegard Dick, Westerland, Sylt. A Danish sterling silver fish dish with an inlay, designed by Harald Nielsen around 1930 for Georg Jensen. Standard mark 925, maker’s mark, and designer’s monogram; model no. 600. Denmark. Copenhagen. Georg Jensen. 1933–1944.
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