Water Pitcher

1910

Design and chasing attributed to Peter Berg (American, born Norway, 1885–1959)
Made by Kalo Shop (American, 1900–70)
Park Ridge, Illinois

Status: On View, Gallery 179
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Peter Berg (Designer)
Title: Water Pitcher
Place: Park Ridge (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1910
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Monogram recto, middle, applied: "PO". Marked bottom, middle, stamped: "STERLING / HAND BEATEN [in a demilune] / AT /KALO SHOPS / PARK RIDGE / ILLS. / 6863".
Dimensions: 17.8 × 10.2 × 16.5 cm (7 1/8 × 4 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson
Reference Number: 1973.345

David Hanks, “Two Recent Acquisitions of American Silver,” Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago 67, 4 (July/Aug. 1973), 14–15 (ill.).
Anneliese Krekel–Aalberse, Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver (New York: Abrams, 1989), 112, no. 98.
Judith A. Barter, “The Prairie School and Decorative Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 21, 2 (1995), 112–133, cat. 25 (ill.)
Thomas K. Maher, The Jarvie Shop: The Candlesticks and Metalwork of Robert R. Jarvie (New York: Turn of the Century Editions, 1997) ill. pl. 17.
Judith A. Barter et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 311–312, no. 161.
Carolyn Kelly, The Kalo Shop: A Case Study of Handwrought Silver in the Twentieth Century, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in the History of Arts, Cooper-Hewitt, National Deisgn Museum and Parsons School of Design, 2006, illus. 40, 159.
Judith A. Barter, Elizabeth McGoey, et al., American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016), cat. 76 (ill.).
Elizabeth McGoey, ed., American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2018), https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6, cat. 76 (ill.).

Chicago Historical Society, Chicago Metalsmiths, May 21–Oct. 23, 1977, cat. 48.
New York City, Whitney Museum of American Art, High Styles: Twentieth–Century American Design, Sept. 19, 1985–Feb. 16, 1986, p. 39, fig. 1.38.
Art Institute of Chicago, Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago, Nov. 7, 2009–Jan. 31, 2010, cat. 68.

Given to Sophia Preston Owsley (1890-1969), Lisle, IL, on her marriage to Sterling Joy Morton (1885-1961), Lisle, IL, November 2, 1910 (her initials, PO, are on the vessel); to their daughter, Suzette Morton (Mrs. Eugene A.) Davidson (1911-1996) by 1973; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973.

Cat. 76 Water Pitcher, 1910

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