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Description

A One Hundred and Forty-Four-Piece Georg Jensen Bernadotte Pattern Silver Flatware Service for Twelve, Copenhagen, Denmark, designed 1939
Designed by Sigvard Bernadotte
Marks: (dotted oval-GEORG JENSEN), STERLING, DENMARK
10-1/2 inches (26.7 cm) (largest, serving spoon)
5395 grams (173.46 troy ounces) (weighable)

The service comprising:
12 dinner knives;
12 butter spreaders;
12 dinner forks;
11 fish forks;
1 salad fork;
12 oyster forks;
12 dessert spoons;
12 iced tea spoons;
24 teaspoons;
12 fruit spoons;
5 demitasse spoons;
1 baby knife;
1 small fork;
1 cheese knife;
1 small cake knife;
1 two-tine meat serving fork;
1 serving fork;
1 salad serving set;
1 large serving spoon;
4 medium serving spoons;
1 tomato server;
1 cheese plane;
1 large gravy ladle;
1 cream ladle;
1 pair of iced tongs;
1 bottle opener.
144 Total



Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000.

Condition Report*: The dinner knife shows partial separation at the blade-handle junction, with exposed darkened material visible at the joint, three other dinner knives with a push to each handles' side; one dessert spoon with pitting to bowl and its reverse, another with nicks to a bowl's edge; one fruit spoon with two vertical scratches to bowl, and otherwise presents well with wear consistent with age, gentle use, and polishing.
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Auction Info

Bidding Begins Approx.
May
1st Friday
Auction Dates
May
22nd Friday
Proxy Bidding Begins Approx. 
121 Days
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