A fluted oval raised silver fruit bowl with matte finish, engraved with a monogram on the sides, all on a raised fluted oval foot that splays out from the bowl.

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-0001	We photographed this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
1917	Work on this object began.
1962	We acquired this object.
2013	This was an Object of the Day.
2014	We exhibited this object.
2017	We photographed this object. We exhibited this object.
2019	You found it!

Bowl (Austria), 1917

This is a Bowl. It was produced by Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1917 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is raised and engraved silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Greatly influenced by early 19th-century German and Austrian neoclassical design, Josef Hoffmann’s bowl mixes classical fluting with a surface showing light- catching hammer marks typical of early 20th-century handwork. Pioneering architect Ely Jacques Kahn gave this bowl to Cooper Hewitt.

This object was featured in our Object of the Day series in a post titled Flute song in silver.

It is credited Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn.

Length of woven wool with columns of fine vertical lines broken by rows of inverted triangles and heart-like shapes in beige with touches of pale green on a black ground (faded to dark brown in some areas).

Textile, Notschrei (Cry for Help), 1904
wool.
Museum purchase through General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
1985-52-2

Seven-lobed bowl with slight rim on high lobed spread foot.

Pair Of Bowls (USA), late 19th–early 20th century
sterling silver.
Gift of Mrs. Gerard P. Herrick.
1959-81-5-a,b

A silver vase with a pattern of leaves around the sides. This vase also has a carved and raised foot, and a flared lip.

Object ID #18444033
chased, raised, cast, and applied silver.
Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn.
1962-227-2

Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Rear legs and squared back frame consist of one piece of tapered, bent beechwood; back is slightly narrower at top than bottom; long, narrow, oval splat framed with bent beechwood and pierced with two columns of fifteen round holes each. Cylindrical front legs. Legs reinforced at seat joint by two carved wooden spheres. Red leather upholstery on seat. Leather-covered studs around perimeter of seat.

Purkersdorf Sanatorium Dining Room Side Chair, 1904–06
bent and laminated beechwood, leather, metal.
Museum purchase from Combined Funds and through gift of Crane and Co..
1968-6-1

Tall, tapering six-sided bowl with everted lobed rim and circular foot; hammered surface and applied border.

Lotus Bowl, 1912–17
raised and chased silver.
Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper-Hewitt,....
2008-3-1

Lozenge-shaped base surmounted by box-like inkwell with hinged lid and removable glass liner.

Inkwell, ca. 1904–1915
brass, glass.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-55

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 21.7 x 39 x 34.4cm (8 9/16 x 15 3/8 x 13 9/16in.)

It has the following markings

Five hallmarks are stamped on the lip of the bowl: - Monogram of the crafts workshops of the Wiener Werkstätte - Profile stamp of silver standard for Austria - Workshop stamp - Registered trademark of the Wiener Werkstätte, turned sideways on the lip of the bowl - Monogram mark of Josef Hoffmann.

Cite this object as

Bowl (Austria), 1917; Produced by Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); raised and engraved silver; H x W x D: 21.7 x 39 x 34.4cm (8 9/16 x 15 3/8 x 13 9/16in.); Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn; 1962-227-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s and Making Design.

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Accession Number 1962-227-1
Object ID 18444031