An American Silver Arts & Crafts Bowl, The Kalo Shops, Chicago And New York, circa 1916

the circular bowl with lobed sidesand spot-hammered surface, applied at upper rim with shaped band, one side applied with initial H, the base engraved "Julia Rumsey Dickson November 1, 1916"

interior with minor scuffs and scratches from use
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The Kalo shops were founded in 1900 by six young women trained at the Art Institute, led by Clara Barck, later Wells.  The name was taken from a Greek word meaning "To Make Beautiful".  The shop started in Park Ridge, IL, moving to Chicago in 1914 and with a New York location 1912-16.  About the same time the shop focused from its wider earlier range to its most popular handwrought copper and silver pieces.  Barck hired almost all female designers, but the craftsmen were mostly Scandinavian immigrant men, twenty-five at the shop's peak production.