American Art Covered Platter Made in Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America1928-30 Designed by Yngve Olsson, American (born Sweden), 1896 - 1970. Made for The Kalo Shop, Chicago, 1900 - 1970. Silver, ebony Currently not on view 1990-89-1a,b Purchased with the Edgar Viguers Seeler Fund and the Elizabeth Wandell Smith Fund, 1990 |
LabelThis covered platter is one of the earliest pieces of American silver produced in the Swedish style. Yngve Olsson designed it for The Kalo Shop, which specialized in highly-refined, hand-hammered designs, in 1914, probably as a private commission. Such designs were popular, and Olsson supervised the shop's later "Norse" patterns of the late 1920s and 1930s. |
