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Artist:
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Johan Rohde
Georg Jensen
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Title:
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Pitcher
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Date:
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c. 1920
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Medium:
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Silver, ivory
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Dimensions:
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11 1/4 x 8 x 5 1/2 in. (28.58 x 20.32 x 13.97 cm)
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Credit Line:
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The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesota
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Location:
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Gallery 343
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The use of ivory in handles of silver vessels and containers as an insulator against heat is several centuries old, but Johan Rohde integrated this material into a very modernist, twentieth-century Scandinavian design.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Rohde, Johan
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Role:
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Designer
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Nationality:
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Danish
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Life Dates:
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Danish, 1856-1935
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Name:
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Georg Jensen
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Role:
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Maker
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Life Dates:
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1904-present
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Marks 'DESSIN', manufacturer's mark, '925.S / DENMARK / GEORGE JENSEN', monogram, ' STERLING / 4B5' on bot
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Classification:
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Metalwork
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Physical Description:
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Handwrought sterling silver with carved ivory handle
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Denmark, , ,
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Accession #:
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98.276.108
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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