Grann & Laglye Copenhagen 1929 Silver Flatware Surmounted By A Purple Amethyst. Silver 826

Grann & Laglye, Copenhagen – Serving Spoon, Hammered Silver 826, Amethyst, Design Georg Thylstrup, 1929 Grann & Laglye · Copenhagen 1929 · Hammered Silver 826 · Purple Amethyst · Design Georg Thylstrup · Museum Piece

A serving spoon in hammered silver 826, crowned with a purple amethyst set in a four-lobed calyx bearing a fruit capsule — designed by Georg Thylstrup and executed by the Grann & Laglye atelier in Copenhagen in 1929. Length 20.5 cm.

Piece documented in the museum: the Bröhan-Museum in Berlin holds three pieces from this same series in its permanent collection — a serving spoon, a sauce ladle and a pâté server. The serving spoon is reproduced in the Bröhan-Museum Metal Catalogue, p. 194, no. 189. Official museum description: a fruit capsule supported by a four-lobed calyx, crowned with a purple amethyst, in hammered silver. The piece presented here is dated 1929, as is the museum example.

Hallmarks: heart-shaped mark bearing the initials G & L (Grann & Laglye) · Copenhagen city mark with the date [19]29 · assay master's control mark CFH · Danske Arbejde emblem (hammer, letters D and A) — attesting to a precisely dated, high-quality Danish production.

The Grann & Laglye silversmith atelier, founded in Copenhagen by silversmiths Johannes Lauritz Grann and Johannes Laglye, produced high-quality silver pieces until 1955, when it was acquired by Toxsvaerd. The house is recognised for exceptional craftsmanship and a formal language ranging from classical forms to the Skønvirke style — the Danish equivalent of Art Nouveau, characterised by organic forms and nature-inspired ornaments: acorns, pearls, fruit motifs. While parallels with the creations of Georg Jensen are possible, Grann & Laglye always maintained its own distinctive and particularly refined artistic signature.

• Length: 20.5 cm
• Material: silver 826 · hammered · purple amethyst
• Hallmarks: G & L (heart) · Copenhagen 1929 · assay master CFH · Danske Arbejde (DA + hammer)
• Design: Georg Thylstrup, 1929
• Production: Grann & Laglye, Copenhagen, 1929
• Literature: Metal Catalogue, Bröhan-Museum, Berlin, p. 194, no. 189
• Condition: very good well-maintained condition

Seen in museums — available to you.

Available for viewing by appointment at our Düsseldorf gallery.

Keywords integrated: Grann Laglye Copenhagen, serving spoon hammered silver amethyst, Georg Thylstrup 1929, Skønvirke, Bröhan-Museum Berlin, Danske Arbejde, Danish silversmithing