WALLACE ART DECO STERLING SILVER BOWL

WALLACE ART DECO STERLING SILVER BOWL

A mid 19th century Arts and Crafts candy bowl with a reclining handle. Marked on the bottom with a maker's mark, Sterling, Hand Hammered, 20475. R. Wallace and Sons (born 1835) was formed in Wallingford, Connecticut and incorporated in 1879. As of 1893, this company manufactured silver and plated ware and cutlery and had about 600 employees. Many designs by R. Wallace and Sons, especially Modern ones, have been collected by American museums including the Dallas Museum of Art, Wolfsonian FIU in Miami Beach, and the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC. In 2005–07, Modernist silver designs by R. Wallace and Sons were featured in a traveling museum exhibition (Dallas Museum of Art; the Smithsonian in Washington; Wolfsonian FIU in Miami Beach; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno; and The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis). The designs have also been shown in exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Art (2016–17), a traveling show organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art (1959–60) with six additional venues in Dallas, Dayton, Minneapolis, Portland, St. Louis and San Francisco. In the 1930s, R. Wallace and Sons designs were included in exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Decorative Art For Collectors, American Sterling Silver Antiques And Collectibles. Weight 97 g.

Dimensions: 5 in diameter. All measurements are approximate.