A DANISH WATER-JUG
Lot 122

A DANISH WATER-JUG

MARK OF GEORG JENSEN, COPENHAGEN, 1945-1977, DESIGNED BY JOHAN ROHDE

Closed13 December 2018

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GBP 4,750

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A DANISH WATER-JUG
MARK OF GEORG JENSEN, COPENHAGEN, 1945-1977, DESIGNED BY JOHAN ROHDE
Elongated baluster form, with an inverted rim, no. 432C, marked under base
11½ in. (29.3 cm.) high

Specialist note

This water jug is one of Rohde's most famous model, designed in 1920. The design was in fact considered so advanced that it was withheld from production until 1925.
This model is in the collections of the Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, the National Museum, Stockholm, the National Gallery, Melbourne, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.