Detail View: The AMICA Library: Water Pitcher

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
Rights: 
Context: 
Originally given in 1910 for the occasion of the wedding of Preston Owsley to Sterling Morton.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.E30727.TIF