box
- Museum number
- 2012,8022.30.a-b
- Description
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Two pewter lidded boxes, of spun circular form with sunken lids, the knop on (a) in pewter, and on (b) in carved ebony. Maker's mark on base of each.
- Production date
- 1978
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 7 centimetres
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Height: 5.50 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See L. Herman and E. Lassen, 'Georg Jensen Silversmithy: 77 Artists, 75 Years', exhibition catalogue, Renwick Gallery, Washington 1980, pl. 94.
For a similar example see: G. Lueg, 'Design Im 20. Jahrhundert@, Cologne 1989, no. 608.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2012
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by donors at Georg Jensen, London, in 1984 for £17.85 (pewter knop) and £16 (ebony knop).
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2012,8022.30.a-b