Sold for:
$10,620
$10,620
Charter Silver Company USA, c.
1931 sterling silver 11 w x 3 h in (28 x 8 cm)
Saarinen originally designed this form for his model dining room at "The Architect and the Industrial Arts" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1929. Charter Silver Company, a division of International Silver, put the bowl into production in three sizes. Stamped with impressed marks: [sterling SD 71 by Saarinen]. A similiar example is in the collection of Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Literature:
House & Garden, Dec. 1931, pg. 67
result: $10,620
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Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2003-12-07
