A GROUP OF AMERICAN SILVER CALLA LILY PATTERN TABLE ARTICLES, PEER SMED AND LONA P. SCHAEFFER, BROOKLYN, NY, CIRCA 1935
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January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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A GROUP OF AMERICAN SILVER CALLA LILY PATTERN TABLE ARTICLES, PEER SMED AND LONA P. SCHAEFFER, BROOKLYN, NY, CIRCA 1935
comprising four small Dishes, a pair of Tongs, a Serving Spoon, and a Table Bell lacking clapper
marked on each, the serving spoon by Peer Smed, all others marked for Lona P. Schaeffer
27 oz
840 g
length of serving spoon 9¾ in.
24.8 cm
Lona Schaeffer (1902–1989) was the daughter of Peer Smed and trained in his workshop in Brooklyn. Her style is distinctly redolent of his work, and it is certain that many pieces which bear his mark were wrought by her; their style draws from the weighty, sculptural Danish skonvirke style. She specialized in jewelry and flatware pieces ornamented with jack-in-the-pulpit blossoms and calla lilies. There are less than ten known examples of her hollowware, all softer and with more curvature than her father's work. Together, the two made some of the only known Arts & Crafts sterling studio hollowware to come out of Brooklyn.