Pitcher, designed 1920, manufactured between 1933 and 1944

  • Johan Gudman Rohde, Danish, 1856-1935
  • Georg Jensen Silversmithy, Danish, active 1904 - present

Sterling silver

  • Overall: 9 × 5 3/4 × 4 5/8 inches (22.9 × 14.6 × 11.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, with funds from the Modern Decorative Arts Group and Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Miller

1997.18

Department

European Modern Art to 1970

(David Allan)

1997-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Hughes, G. Modern Silver. p. 15 (ill.); p. 10. Fleming, J. and H. Honour Dictionary of Modern Artists. p. 417. Silver of a New Era: Highlights of Precious Metalware from 1880 to 1940. Exh. cat., Museum Boymans van Beuningen and Museum voor Sierkunst. Rotterdam and Ghent, 1992, p. 229, cat. no. 201.

Johan Gudman Rohde; Georg Jensen Silversmithy, Pitcher, designed 1920, manufactured between 1933 and 1944, sterling silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from the Modern Decorative Arts Group and Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Miller, 1997.18.