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Bowl

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM Silver
DATES 1914-1918
DIMENSIONS height: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); diameter: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS On bottom, over center punch, partially double-struck: "STERLING / HAND WROUGHT / AT / THE / KALO SHOPS / CHICAGO / AND / NEW YORK / 4"
SIGNATURE no signature
INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER 1990.96.2
CREDIT LINE Designated Purchase Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Bowl, silver. Low, ogee foot ring supports hand-raised, circular bowl of compressed spherical form; at top of bowl is square opening with rounded corners and slightly convex edges with turned-under rim. Applied, interlocked monogram on one side: "CCG." CONDITION: Good, normal wear and minor scratches.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION The Kalo Shops (1900-1970). Bowl, 1914-1918. Silver, height: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); diameter: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Designated Purchase Fund, 1990.96.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.96.2_bw.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 1990.96.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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The Kalo Shops (1900-1970). <em>Bowl</em>, 1914-1918. Silver, height: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); diameter: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Designated Purchase Fund, 1990.96.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.96.2_bw.jpg)