Georg Jensen Grape Sterling Silver Round Tray

This round tray with handles from 1918 is in the Art Nouveau style. The grape details on the handles demonstrate Georg Jensen’s admiration for nature and inspired by his time in Paris and his love of French wine. Trays are the most difficult and time-consuming type of hollowware to make – it takes a lot more than 4 years of apprenticeship to learn how to make trays through repetition and practice. As a soft material, sterling silver requires repeated hammering to strengthen the tray, requiring as many as 6 different hammers throughout the process. Handmade in Denmark.

Measures 10⅞” diameter.