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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 5755, member: 111"]Sorry, not really able to help on any Sanborn's connection, and don't have the Hougart book - will say that some Mexican silver jewelry collectors have gathered a good bit of knowledge on the connections between the shops.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the style, it's clearly Scandinavian-inspired, or 'Jensenesque' if you prefer, though other makers produced similar designs. Pretty common form in WWII era and later American and Mexican silver (most intended for the American market) - the German occupation of Denmark and Norway in 1940 pretty well cut off the supply from their silver manufacturers. Frederick Lunning of Jensen USA in New York solved the problem by having local silversmiths, like La Paglia, de Matteo, Meyer, etc., produce similar designs; American manufacturers had already started producing Scandinavian patterns in both flatware and holloware in the mid to late '30s - International's 1939 'Royal Danish' is clearly based on Jensen's 1915 'Acorn/Konge' pattern, and my 1942 pattern, 'Spring Glory', has a beaded bell-shape flower motif. The popularity of Scandinavian style continued for decades, International even hired La Paglia after the war (and the lawsuit involving Georg Jensen and Jensen USA), a lot of the Scandinavian-inspired designs are collectible in their own right...</p><p><br /></p><p>U.S. design patents could be granted for 3½, 7 or 14 years, only 14 after 1982, 15 since late last year - similar limits are usual in other countries.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 5755, member: 111"]Sorry, not really able to help on any Sanborn's connection, and don't have the Hougart book - will say that some Mexican silver jewelry collectors have gathered a good bit of knowledge on the connections between the shops. Regarding the style, it's clearly Scandinavian-inspired, or 'Jensenesque' if you prefer, though other makers produced similar designs. Pretty common form in WWII era and later American and Mexican silver (most intended for the American market) - the German occupation of Denmark and Norway in 1940 pretty well cut off the supply from their silver manufacturers. Frederick Lunning of Jensen USA in New York solved the problem by having local silversmiths, like La Paglia, de Matteo, Meyer, etc., produce similar designs; American manufacturers had already started producing Scandinavian patterns in both flatware and holloware in the mid to late '30s - International's 1939 'Royal Danish' is clearly based on Jensen's 1915 'Acorn/Konge' pattern, and my 1942 pattern, 'Spring Glory', has a beaded bell-shape flower motif. The popularity of Scandinavian style continued for decades, International even hired La Paglia after the war (and the lawsuit involving Georg Jensen and Jensen USA), a lot of the Scandinavian-inspired designs are collectible in their own right... U.S. design patents could be granted for 3½, 7 or 14 years, only 14 after 1982, 15 since late last year - similar limits are usual in other countries. ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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