Ladle
1906 (designed)
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Soup ladle, sterling silver, with a circular bowl on a flat, slightly curving handle. The shaft of the handle is decorated with two small spheres of silver joined at the front by a semi-circular ridge. AT the back, where the handle joins the bowl, the metal is thickened to form two raised ridges which run together decorated on each side with a single curving, engraved line.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, forged and engraved |
| Brief description | Soup ladle, silver, Denmark, Copenhagen, made by George Jensen Silversmiths Ltd., designed by Johan Rohde, 1906. |
| Physical description | Soup ladle, sterling silver, with a circular bowl on a flat, slightly curving handle. The shaft of the handle is decorated with two small spheres of silver joined at the front by a semi-circular ridge. AT the back, where the handle joins the bowl, the metal is thickened to form two raised ridges which run together decorated on each side with a single curving, engraved line. |
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| Production type | small batch |
| Marks and inscriptions | Marked on the back of the handle: GEORG JENSEN (within an oval of inset dots), STERLING, DENMARK. |
| Credit line | Given by Georg Jensen Silversmiths Ltd. |
| Object history | Gift of Georg Jensen Silversmiths Ltd. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.572-1969 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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