Description:
Georg Jensen "Cosmos" Pattern Five-piece Silver Tea Service
Denmark, 1915-30, pattern no. 45
Each in sterling silver with stylized leaftip motif along the base and hammered finish throughout, coffeepot, teapot, covered sugar, waste bowl, and creamer, all also bearing Importe de Danemark mark, creamer with additional Danish assay marks, ht. 9 1/4 in., approx. 50.9 troy oz.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Teapot with small (1/4 inch) shallow dent to body. Creamer with small dent to underside of foot rim (still sits well, not visible from exterior). Waste bowl with pinprick dent to rim. Coffeepot with several light abrasions to body.
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