2004.128: Tea Pot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2004.128

People

Georg Jensen, Danish (Raavad, Denmark 1866 - 1935 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Title

Tea Pot

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1905 (manufactured 1925-1932)

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Denmark

Culture

Danish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/186566

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver and ebony

Dimensions

12.7 x 22.2 x 15.9 cm (5 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• manufacturer's mark: on underside, stamped: GEORG JENSEN within an oval of raised dots with a crown above (1925-32); DESIGN/ C1/ STERLING/ DENMARK/ 1A; C1/ 925/ S in an oval

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David Berg, Bequest, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Bequest of David Berg

Accession Year

2004

Object Number

2004.128

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Teapot with circular double ogee outline, set with straight stick handle and finial made of ebony with a slight cross-shaped incision on end of handle. The surface of the pot has a slightly hammered finish all over and is adorned with beading along the end of the acorn finial and at the handle where it is attached to the pot.

Publication History

• Janet Drucker and William Drucker, Georg Jensen 20th Century Designs, Schiffer Publishing , Ltd. (Atglen, PA, 2002), cat. no. 1A
• Janet Drucker, Georg Jensen: A Tradition of Splendid Silver, Schiffer Publishing , Ltd. (Atglen, PA, 2002), p. 218

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