Compote, designed 1918, manufactured between 1925 and 1932

  • Georg Arthur Jensen, Danish, 1866-1935
  • Georg Jensen Silversmithy, Danish, active 1904 - present

Sterling silver

  • Overall: 7 3/8 × 7 1/8 inches (18.7 × 18.1 cm)

Gift of Mrs. J. Stewart Hudson, 1954

1990.351

Department

European Modern Art to 1970

Marked, base of stem: [Impressed dotted oval with crown]: Georg Jensen | Denmark | 263 | Sterling Marked: [Impressed dotted oval with silver-content mark]: Gi 92/5 S

Inscribed, underside of base, engraved in script: Julia Elizabeth Buhl April 22nd 1926 Inscribed, in white ink: F.S. Gift of J.S. Hudson 12.2.54

Mrs. J. Stewart Hudson

1954, gifted to the DIA for the Women's Society

1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Georg Arthur Jensen; Georg Jensen Silversmithy, Compote, designed 1918, manufactured between 1925 and 1932, sterling silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. J. Stewart Hudson, 1954, 1990.351.