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| Kurt Jobst Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver Tea Spoons (Set of 6) - Spiral Design, Chameleon Tail
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Reference: S11045
Period: George VI
Year: Circa 1950
Silversmith: Kurt Jobst
Place: Johannesburg
Price: $ 350.00
Weight: 54 grams
Dimensions: 8.0 cm
Condition: Excellent.
Description: A set of 6 sterling silver Arts & Crafts teaspoons, made by Kurt Jobst circa 1950. The spoons have spiral design finials, which were described by Nadine Gordimer as "chamelon tail spoons", source the book "Kurst Jobst, Goldsmith, Silversmith, Art Metal Worker", 1979, page 46, a book we highly recommend. The spoons also have round bowls and hand hammered "square" handles, they are a pleasure to hold and use. They are great quality, each individually made by hand by a master craftsman. The same book depicts these spoons in 3 different sizes (page 40), the smallest probably for salt, the medium teaspoons and the largest probably for condiments (these spoons are the medium size). All 6 spoons have clear hallmarks, and include his trademark "unicorn" KJ mark, along with "Jobst, Sterling and .925" marks. Jobst was born in Austria in 1905, he served his apprenticeship in Hanau, Germany, his influence was the Bauhaus movement. He emigrated with his family in 1936 from Austria to South Africa to escape Hitler, and became one of Johannesburg's leading silversmiths. He was commissioned by the South African Government to make the official wedding present for Queen Elizabeth in 1947 (a silver box with diamond necklace), he also made silver for Ernest Oppenheimer (cigar box, bowls and dishes). He died in a car crash in 1971 aged 66, in 1977 a book of his work was published. Nadine Gordimer (Nobel Prize winner) wrote the introduction, she wrote that Jobst "gave Joburg some style" (source www.kurtjobst.eu, a website we recommend, a tribute to Jobst by his son). Note - We have a pair of the larger condiment spoons with the same spiral chameleon tail design, S 11690.
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