Mitra sovseske fra Georg Jensen Belysning designed by Henning Koppel for

designed by Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen in the 1970s

We have never seen such a dish before and think it was intended to hold cigarettes

chips or bumps on the silver

Georg Jensen's brother-in-law

but was produced in Denmark for a period

Mitra sovseske fra Georg Jensen Belysning designed by Henning Koppel forLength 19 cm. Mitra was designed by Gundorph Albertus, Georg Jensen's brother in law, in 1941. Silver was in short supply during World War II, so the cutlery was made of steel, as Georg Jensen's first item. There have been close to 100 different parts in the production of this cutlery. The handle of the cutlery is shaped like a Catholic bishop's hat, a miter, hence the name.