Bowl
1950s
Artists
Description
The underside of the bowl is stamped: "PURE SILVER AAGE WEIMAR DENMARK." The name Aage is stylized with overlapping capital "A"s in a modernist style. A shallow silver bowl marked by seemingly random silver "drippings" and an overall rough surface.
Dimensions
3.8 x 19.4 cm (1 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Provenance
David Berg, Bequest, 1999.
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