Lot 103: ERIK MAGNUSSEN

ERIK MAGNUSSEN "THE MODERN AMERICAN" FOOTED BOWL impressed GORHAM /EM/ Gorham cypher /14064 STERLING and MADE FOR SPAULDING COMPANY silver 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm) high 8 3/8 in. (21.3cm) diameter 1928 retailed by Spaulding Company, Chicago, IL manufactured by The Gorham Company, Providence, RI

"The Modern American," Jeweler's Circular, July 5, 1928, p. 2 (for a Gorham Company advertisement showing a similar model)
Jewel Stern, Modernism in American Silver, New Haven, 2005, p. 30 (for a larger version of this model)

Only 25 examples of the "Modern American" bowl were created. This model is in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum, and a larger variant of this bowl is in the Dallas Museum of Art.