Compote

Compote, designed 1918, manufactured between 1919 and 1927

  • Georg Arthur Jensen, Danish, 1866-1935
  • Georg Jensen Silversmithy, Danish, active 1904 - present

Sterling silver

  • Overall: 7 1/2 × 7 1/8 inches (19.1 × 18.1 cm)

Gift of Mrs. J. Stewart Hudson, 1954

1990.350

Department

European Modern Art to 1970

Details

Marked, base of stem: [impressed dotted oval] Georg Jensen | Denmark | 263 | Sterling Marked: [impressed dotted oval with silver-content mark] Gi/92/5/S

Inscribed, underside of base, around circumfrence, engraved script: Julia Elizabeth Buhl April 22nd 1926 Inscribed, script in white ink, partiall obscured: F.S. Gift of J. S. Hudson

Mrs. J. Stewart Hudson

1954, gifted to the DIA for the Women's Society

1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Georg Arthur Jensen; Georg Jensen Silversmithy, Compote, designed 1918, manufactured between 1919 and 1927, sterling silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. J. Stewart Hudson, 1954, 1990.350.

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