Lot 332: ANTON ROSEN (1859-1928)

A Silver and Hardstone Sugar Caster, 1908
for Georg Jensen Silversmithy
7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) high
mark of Georg Jensen Copenhagen, and 826SO

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

For additional information on Rosen and other casters, see J. Frimand, 'Georg Jensen and Architect Anton Rosen,' in The Unknown Georg Jensen, Georg Jensen Society, 2004, pp. 39-56, illus. p. 41; and A. Christiansen, Anton Rosen: Architect and Artist, 2003, p. 110, 125-126.

This caster is one of three known to have been made by Georg Jensen for the prominent Danish architect and designer, Anton Rosen (1859-1928). Another caster in this design was sold at Christie's New York, January 19, 2005. This design is based on Rosen's own design for a heating stove of 1901, and was a personal gift from Jensen to Rosen. The tiger and sugar cane iconography on the cover refer to this caster's function as a sugar vessel.

The two men first collaborated in 1905 on a pair of stone-set silver spoons designed by Rosen. The spoons are now in the collection the Danish Museum of Decorative Arts. In 1909, the year after this caster was made, Jensen won the commission to design silver for the Palace Hotel in Copenhagen, Rosen's most significant architectural project. This was a highly important commission for the young firm, with the service valued at 100,000 kroner.