The Quistgaard Collection  

I used to sell more stuff. I used to be poorer.
I had a huge collection of Dansk Quistgaard Fjord silverware. at least 80 pieces. Denmark. 3 ducks. I sold it to a nice couple. A regret this every single day.
I always hope to find another set. Best of luck

I buy just about every piece of Dansk I come across and have amassed a nice little collection. Nothing compared to cdsilva's but I do have:
- a bunch of kobenstyle
- about 10-12 pepper mills of varying ages including an early rare woods pair of mutenye 1637/1638 salt shaker/pepper mill
-staved teak Ice buckets in varying sizes 810/811
-staved teak coasters 808
-staved teak and silver matchbox covers 800
-staved teak trays 801/802
-staved teak "acorn" jar 807
-staved teak card/desk box
-staved teak cutting board 819
-rare woods, Wenge ice bucket
-rare woods Wenge tray 1601
-rare woods Muteneye salad servers (high heels)
-rare woods Pao Rosa tray 1652
-a couple of pieces of ankerline
-Fjord serving for 6
-a bunch of iron tiny taper candle holders
-brass candle holders 1455
-some green and amber glass candle holders
-I think there is likely more that I am forgetting....and a mystery staved teak, steel banded bowl that I got last summer. I have come across two others online and the interesting part, is that they all have the early "Danmark JHQ" mark-but no mention of Dansk and no ducks. There is speculation that this is a transitional piece...Nissen to Dansk, but I have not seen any documentation. Anyone know the real deal? The pics below are from 1stDibs, but my bowl is virtually identical.

jesgord,
I like the cut of your jib. Compulsive and thorough with good taste.
Now I know I like you. It is something familiar.
All kidding aside.... this is a great reason for this forum. Congratulations on your collection.
I am doing my best to catch up and keep up. It is good to have an inspiration.

Hey, you JHQ fans---are you keeping an eye out for the white ceramic bowls that are made to fit into/onto some of the cheese boards/chip & dips and I think one of the lazy susans? I have a lazy susan that is missing the bowl and I know I've seen a couple of small white bowls marked Dansk in thrift stores over the years. I just bought one but it wasn't made for the thing I have--it's hair too big and the shape of the bottom doesn't fit exactly into the well in the lazy susan.
I got a board once that did have the original bowl and it was a beautiful thing how it fit exactly into the shallow well. I think some of these are later pieces made in Thailand but maybe not all?
I'm very lucky to have found one of these chip & dip sets with the original glass bowl, at least.
It's kind of like how those little rectangular glass dishes are always missing from Danish teak boards, except I've had way more luck finding those in thrift stores. I can see how those would just get stuffed away in a cupboard instead of getting used and broken, though, since they are really made for smørrebrød toppings and that's far from a daily thing in the US the way it is in Denmark.

spanky,
Finding a missing bowl will take time. I have located several of the small Dansk bowls you displayed.
I am searching for an Arabia small bowl for my Henning Koppel teak tray with Arabia ceramic bowls for Georg Jensen. This too will take time.
Please post the exact measurements of the bowl you desire. I will watch for this item. My chance for success is great (or two people increase the odds)

anyone looking for the Teak Lattice Serving Tray Jens Quistgaard? One for sale in Milwaukee....
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/hsh/5520071771.html

As nicely said, Very impressive cdsilva! thanks for showing me yet another thing I need to collect.
I have a few Dansk but this is my favorite. A Cocobolo rare woods tray table. I have yet to come across another. Has anybody else seen one?

That Cocobolo tray pushes the limit of the medium. Quistgaard broke all the rules regarding wood movement, but his designs did not tear themselves apart because he kept the scale small enough. You can see a few little gaps between the solid cocobolo slats because this tray went just slightly over the scale limit. Any large and he would have had to switch to veneer.
And it is a lovely tray!

jesgord, that is quite a nice collection you have; would be nice to see photos of them all together (hint, hint). I've never come across that early mark. If both yours and the 1stDibs bowls have identical marks, then it is probably a distinct early mark, rather than the early staved teak football mark with the top half worn off. I believe one of the earliest (if not the earliest) Dansk staved teak designs is this ice bucket, which preceded the better known Congo ice bucket. Perhaps the mark on this bucket matches your bowl, which would establish it as the earliest Dansk mark.
Hawaii, can you post more detailed photos of that tray table base? To my knowledge, Quistgaard did not make any bases for the rare woods trays. Even the well known teak fruit tray table is often mis-attributed to Dansk/JHQ rather than Dux. If the wood for the base is cocobolo, then it could very well be a custom made piece for that particular tray. If it is teak, then it could be custom made or a marriage with part of another design.
On a tangent note, Dansk spelled cocobolo as "coca bola" in their catalog and ads. Not sure if there were alternate spellings of the wood back then, or if the marketing team simply messed up and assumed it was spelled similar to Coca Cola.

cdsilva - your collection is awesome.
This is the cube ice bucket we have by JHQ that made a cameo with him in the documentary "A Saucepan For My Wife'.
In addition to the Kobenstyle cookware, we also have some other stuff that we use everyday like the teak carving tray and the enameled cast iron small pot.
The melamine items by Gunner Cyren are the most overlooked and abundant out there that could be had for next to nothing and they work well for everyday use too.

I don't normally like pop up ads but this pair even though in rough shape looks interesting and seldom seen. These are just 2 of the several Kobenstyle cookware and staved teak stuff by Dansk and JHQ items being auction off currently at the goodwill site.

cdsilva, I am not versed in Dansk at all so It never occurred to me it could be a custom base.
If it is, Im guessing it was done at Dansk or in the very least from a pro. After a better look at the details I am convinced it is indeed Cocobolo. There are many easier ways the base could have been done for someone that just wanted table. There are lots of little details al the way down to the rabbet in the turned legs and the brass screws as well as the hinge design that make me think its not from a diy'er. What are your thoughts?
Also, fun fact about the catalog spelling. On the actual tray it is spelled Cocobolo
Thanks for your insight.

There are much better woodworkers and wood IDers on DA than me, so I'll let them chime in for wood type and construction. Also DIY doesn't automatically connote lower quality. A lot of DIY pieces are very well executed.
To my eye, the wood type matches well. However the geometry of individual base members seems a little simplistic. The legs appear to be perfect cylinders, whereas a little tapering would have provided a more elegant look and would have complimented the raised lip edges of the tray nicely.
Overall though, I think the base works well with the tray, especially if no modifications were made in the tray. It certainly works better than this Dansk tray marriage that I found in a search earlier today.

I forgot to add, if you are actually in Hawaii, the wood could be a local exotic hardwood in addition to the usual suspects.

CdsilvaI, I am on Oahu. I purchased this piece at auction so unfortunately I have no provenance with it. It didn't mean to offend any DIYers or take away from the skill of some. My apologies if I have.
I am a big Diy'er myself and to design and build these legs would have pushed my skil-set boundaries. I guess I was coming at it with that in mind.
I thought I should show a better shot of the detail of the the x members. They are wider in the middle and taper in towards the ends. They defiantly show some design work was involved.
The straight legs are simple, however I think this complements the overall rectilinear design in the piece better than a tapered leg may.
That being said, giving the task to chuck them up in a lathe and build them myself, I probably would have tapered them ; ) If I was designing to sell that decision may be different? Being an exotic hardwood I'm guessing this was already an expensive piece . A straight leg might have saved some time and money.
As far as the wood species, I work with wood a lot and am no expert either. With these better photos
It would be hard to think it is anything but the same as the tray.
Hawaii is known for tropical hardwoods like Koa, Monkey Pod, Mango to name a few of the more popular species. I am not aware of any that come close to Cocobolo.