Art Deco Danish Silver Plated Tea Set On Tray Cohr 1930

The four piece silver plate and bakelite set comprising a two handled tray, a tea pot, a milk jug / creamer and a sugar basin.

Made by the renowned Cohr silver company from Denmark (see below).

Made in superb Art Deco style with clean smooth design.

Black bakelite handles and finials with no ornamentation.

Very good condition, minor dents, need some polishing.

Each piece is marked – "EPNS" (electro plated nickel silver), "Cohr", "Denmark" and a torch mark.

Tea pot height: 20cm / 7.87in.

Tray diameter: 32.5cm / 12.8in.

Sugar Basin height: 6cm / 2.36in.

Milk jug height: 10cm / 4in.

Weight: 1824gr / 58.6oz. 

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Highly sought after by collectors.

Cohr Silver –

25 April 1860 the young goldsmith Ditlev Madsen Cohr opened a workshop in the danish town Fredericia.

He lived from producing and selling handmade flatware.

He died in 1883 and his widow carried on, until the oldest son, 25 years old Carl Madsen Cohr, took over.

He introduced mechanical working methods. In 1895 he started manufacturing hollowware.

In 1921 the production of silverplated goods was started and from the beginning Cohr used the trademark ATLA on silverplated flat- and hollowware.

When Carl M. Cohr died in 1925 his son-in-law Harald Lützen became managing director and his son Einar Cohr confidential clerk.

At this time Cohr was the largest silverware factory in Denmark and used several wellknown artists: Eduart Eggeling, Knud V. Engelhardt, Sigfred Wagner, Mogens Koch and H.F. Gross.

Stainless steel was produced from 1930.

International recognition followed the World exhibitions in Brussels 1935 and Paris 1937. H.P. Jacobsen,

engaged since 1926, was the leading designer for 40 years. Silversmith Hans Bunde characterized Cohr's production conclusive in the 1950's. 

Cohr managed to get through the german eccopation 1940-45 buying silver all over the contry, and using  other kinds om metal.

Silverpalted zinc, "Bronze" and  aluminium used for flatware.

In 1959 Einar Cohr took over management.

He designed himself, among others flatware and churchsilver.

Einar Cohr died in 1970 and the company was sold to Jens count Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs. 

In the following years he also bought Horsens Sølvvarefabrik and Dansk Kronesølv.

A new factory was built in 1985. Cohr was sold again to Keld Poulsen, but the factory had to suspend the payments and was closed 20 August 1987.