Hi we just acquired this fabulous set from a mid century estate today. The flatware is IDENTICAL to Dansk Fjord flatware designed by JQ, HOWEVER each piece is only marked "STAINLESS STEEL".
Exact teak handles, steel shows through the end of each handle, exact design details to the stainless portion of each piece, even the weight is the same as marked pieces (within a gram or 2).
They are definitely vintage...
I'm pretty positive these are the real deal and not a Japanese or Asian or even American knock-off...
Does anyone have any definitive info on this, or at least point us to someone who does know?
Thanks in advance, Bill
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Takashimaya
"Japan's Takashimaya made the last few years of production. When Dansk pulled the plug, Takashimaya kept using the tooling to make the design completely unchanged, except for the trademark."
http://jetsetmodern.com/isitrealmclendon.htm
Good link wraps it up in a...
Good link wraps it up in a nutshell.
I likebthis part which is one point I try to explain to people considering knock offs.
"At first, I reveled in ownership; it was great to sit there and rock and swivel at will. Putting my feet up and leaning back was terrific. It looked cool beyond words. Only after a few months did the truth begin to reveal itself: I had skimped on a dream, and I was not happy. Anyone visiting who thought it was real had to be told the truth, which did not enhance my pleasure with the chair very much. Anyone visiting who knew at a glance it was not real could not wait to tell me so, which enhanced my pleasure even less.
I had tried to fool myself into settling for something less than I really wanted, and now I was paying the price. Finally, I did what I should have done all along: I set my sights on a more affordable- but impeccably real- chair from Dux, and got rid of what I was beginning to refer to as The Fake. I don't have what looks like an Eames lounge any more, but I don't have to apologize for what is sitting in my living room now. I have to admit, I sit in my new Dux chair and dream, still, of having an Eames lounge, but now I know that it has to be the one of my dreams or nothing. The new chair gives me a relationship with a designer I respect very much- Folke Ohlsson. The Fake gave me no relationship with Charles and Ray Eames at all. It was about making money, not about genius.
You have to make up your own mind about all this. I've made up mine."
re: Takashimaya
Thanks for your reply. I would normally agree wholeheartedly with you except this flatware does not bear the same mark that your link on "knock-offs" (which was very well written, I might add) shows as Takashimaya.
Additionally, EVERY item made for export from Japan MUST bear a mark or stamp showing the country of origin. All Post WWII metal flatware made in Japan is marked "JAPAN" or "Made in Japan" in some fashion (as the example you show in your article). Ours are only marked "Stainless Steel" or Stainless.
Yours is the best answer so far, and you may in fact be correct, but our examples have yet to be POSITIVELY identified as Takashimaya.
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