Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 29th October 2019
Lot 291
A set of eighteen Danish silver lobster picks
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £800
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Description
A set of eighteen Danish silver lobster picks,
maker's mark of KBS for Kay Bojesen Solvsmedie, Copenhagen 1916, assay master C.F. Heise,
tapering form, spot-hammered decoration, beaded and scroll decoration with a scroll shell terminal, pierced with initials 'HT', and set with two green cabochons, in two fitted cases, length 23.4cm, approx. weight 32oz.
Kay Bojesen (1886-1958) graduated as a silversmith in 1910 after completing his apprenticeship with silversmith Georg Jensen. As one of the first Danish artisans to do so, he embraced functionalism. He was among the pioneers who organised Den Permanente association - a cooperative of artists that included a shop and exhibition space which over the decades came to represent the best in Danish and Scandinavian design.