COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1973.345
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Kalo Shop
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Dates/Places:
American; early 20th cen. ...,United States,Illinois,Cook County,Chicago
Creator Name-CRT:
Kalo Shop
Title:
Water Pitcher
Title Type:
preferred
View:
front view
Creation Date:
1910
Creation Start Date:
1910
Creation End Date:
1910
Materials and Techniques:
silver
Classification Term:
Pitcher
Classification Term:
Silver
Subject Description:
Water pitcher with body of hexagonal plain panelled form, tapering to folded rim at lip; flat sectioned rectilinear applied handle. Body and handle of hammered silver; base applied to body.
Creation Place:
North and Central America,North America,United States,Illinois
Dimensions:
7 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (18.4 x 16.5 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1973.345
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson
Inscriptions:
Inscribed on base: "STERLING/HANDBEATEN /AT/KALO SHOPS/PARK RIDGE/ILLS./6863"Stamped on bottom of pitcher: Initials "PO" entwined in applied monogram at side
Context:
Originally given in 1910 for the occasion of the wedding of Preston Owsley to Sterling Morton.
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E30727.TIF
