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Bowl, Northern Lights

Designer: Alfred Kintz
Maker: International Silver Company, founded 1898
Medium: Silver
Place Made: Meriden, Connecticut, USA
Dates: ca. 1928
Dimensions: 2 7/8 x 11 11/16 x 10 1/16 in. (7.3 x 29.7 x 25.6 cm)
Markings: Impressed on underside of bowl: "INTERNATIONAL / [small maker's mark] STERLING / D105A" and "Patent Pending"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 1993.208.1
Credit Line: Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion
Image: Overall, 1993.208.1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: "Northern Lights" silver bowl. Round, shallow bowl rises from flat bottom and has wide, everted rim that curves up around edge. Rim has molded decoration of wave pattern; on opposing sides, the wave shape extends into a handle that curls upward and tapers to a scrolled terminal. Condition: Good.

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