Modernist 20th Century 
7 December 2003
Modernist 20th Century 
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Eliel Saarinen

footed bowl, model SD71

Charter Silver Company
USA, c. 1931
sterling silver 3 h × 11 dia in (8 × 28 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $10,620
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Saarinen originally designed this form for his model dining room at "The Architect and the Industrial Arts" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1929. Charter Silver Company, a division of International Silver, put the bowl into production in three sizes. Stamped with impressed marks: [sterling SD 71 by Saarinen]. A similiar example is in the collection of Cranbrook Academy of Art. Literature: House & Garden, Dec. 1931, pg. 67

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