A large and simply ornamented lidded sugar bowl by Just Andersen of Denmark. This model number 2527 is part of a larger coffee or tea set produced by the factory in the 1950's, and we also have the matching large coffee pot available in our collection.
This series is one of the few that features not only pewter as the base material with cane accents, but also finely turned teak finials as handles. Some ornamentation comes in the form of two gentle handles that organically terminate as leaves and kiss the sides of the bowl. The pewter surface is lightly patinated with no signs of damage, overall in fantastic preserved condition.
A designer that needs little introduction in the world of early Danish modernist pewter, Just Andersen has become one of the most recognised and collected makers of Scandinavian pewter of the 20th century. An early career designing for the legendary Georg Jensen led to him founding Just Anderson Pewter in 1918 and the innovations that followed. Andersen not only produced designs in bronze and pewter, but when financial adaptation was required he invented 'Disko Metal', an alloy of lead and antimony to mimic real bronze from his foundry.
