Rare~ Peer Smed~ Brooklyn 1938 Dated Heavy Sterling Silver Hand Wrought Bowl~BIN

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Rare~ Peer Smed~ Brooklyn 1938 Dated Heavy Sterling Silver Hand Wrought Bowl~BIN:
$2000.00

Offered here is an original and rare, hand wrought, sterling silver footed bowl made by Peer Smed of Brooklyn, New York. This bowl measures 9 7/8\" long, 5 1/8\" wide and 2 7/16\" high. It is heavy for its size, 11.48 troy ounces. There is a subtle organic motif around the rim and a hand hammered surface. There is a hand engraved monogram and date of 1938 on the underside. The Peer Smed marks are crisp. Here is information about the maker copied from the chicagosilver.com website:

One of the very best Scandinavian masters settled in New York rather than Chicago. Peer Smed (born Peer Schmidt) was born in 1878 in Copenhagen, the son of a blacksmith. He became an expert metalcrafter and produced objects somewhat in the Jensen style but with characteristic touches that clearly marked them as his. Smed designed household pieces for the royal families of Denmark and Sweden, who awarded him medals for artistry.

When he was 25, Smed visited America for four years. In 1909, after returning briefly to Denmark, he moved permanently to Brooklyn, NY where he started his own art studio at 176 Johnson Street. Smed worked there for the rest of his life, creating handmade objects in a variety of different metals. His obituary spoke of his honors \"as a gold carver, a silversmith and as a designer of iron grilles.\" He was also proficient in copper and bronze.

Peer Smed -- one of America\'s finest metalsmiths -- is finally

beginning to receive the attention and praise he is due

During his lifetime, he exhibited his work at theBrooklyn Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and galleries in New York and San Francisco. Smed produced the elaborate bronze doors designed by William Zorach for the entrance to the Schwarzenbach Building in New York City, and created silver designs for Tiffany and Company. He fashioned decorative iron work for several New York restaurants, as well as designs for the homes of Lucius M. Boomer, former managing director of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and William Knudsen, CEO of General Motors. In conjunction with the well-known designer William Stark, he created the flatware and holloware for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1932. His work is currently held in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago as well as several private galleries and collections around the country.

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