Five-piece Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service with Associated Sterling Silver Tray and Tea Strainer with Stand, Copenhagen, Denmark, second quarter 20th century, teapot, coffeepot, and hot milk jug pattern no. 32C, sugar bowl and creamer pattern no. 32A, all with a beaded band to neck and demilune border to the foot, teapot, coffeepot, and jug each with ebony handles and berry-form finials, coffeepot ht. 9 1/2; the ovoid tray, pattern no. 251A, with ebony handles, lg. handle to handle 27 in.; the single-handled tea strainer, pattern no. 10, and stand no. 40A, approx. 191.8 total troy oz.
Estimate $8,000-12,000
Coffeepot: several pin prick dents and abrasions, one larger linear dent to body, interior rim of lid and finial with very minor dents. Teapot: with small dent to finial and body, lid with minor abrasions does not sit perfectly flush. Hot milk jug with small crack to handle, and minor dent to finial and body. Creamer: foot with very minor dent (slightly off-kilter) and a small nick to rim. Sugar bowl with a pin prick dent to body. Tea strainer with dent to one side of handle (now overlapping the other) and minor area of metal fatigue to underside where handle joins bowl. Tea strainer stand in good overall condition. Tray in good condition with only a few minor spots of corrosion.
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