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Reference: S1898
Period: George V
Year: 1933
Silversmith:
Place: Copenhagen
Price: $ 210.00
Weight: 98 grams
Dimensions: 21.2 cm
Condition: Excellent
Description: A Danish modernist silver strawberry serving spoon, in Georg Jensen style. The spoon is beautiful, and is a good weight and quality. The spoon has a large circular bowl, with a pierced strawberry leaf design, to allow the juices to be drained before serving. The handle is cast, and has 2 well designed strawberries amongst foliage, these are embossed so provide a nice grip for the handle. This spoon is a useful size, suitable for serving other items besides strawberries. The spoon has 4 hallmarks, all of which are well struck and clear. The Danish 3 tower mark and date letter 33 for 1933 indicates purity of 826/1000, the SJ assay master mark (Stadtsguardein) for Johannes Siggaard (worked between 1932 and 1960). The 3rd mark is "Haandarbejde" indicating this item was made by hand, and the 4th mark is the script F surrounded by oval dots, the assay master mark for Frederik Fabritius, who worked between 1787 and 1823. The presence of this older assay masters mark is a mystery, it has also been observed on other Danish spoons of the period, but we have not been able to trace an explanation (all suggestions welcome). One theory is that it was adopted by a particular silversmith who made this spoon, and his maker's mark is a copy of the older assay masters mark.
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Danish Haandarbejde modernist silver strawberry serving spoon
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Strawberry handle - danish silver spoon
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Pierced bowl, strawberry leaves, danish silver spoon
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Danish Haandarbejde modernist silver strawberry serving spoon - back
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Haandarbejde danish silver hallmarks
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Danish silver serving spoon - scale
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