An American silver Arts and Crafts bowl

An American silver Arts and Crafts bowl,

by Peter Muller-Munk, (1904-1967), also marked with his cipher, and Hand Wrought, Sterling Silver 925/1000, New York circa 1929,

circular tapering form, spot-hammered decoration, on a raised circular foot, diameter 32.8cm, height 10.8oz, approx. weight 31.9oz.

Peter Muller-Monk, was born in Germany in 1904, and after being a pupil of Bruno Paul in Berlin, he went to New York in 1926. He worked for Tiffany and Co for a year and then opened his own workshop in 1929. The first exhibition he took part in was in 1928 in the Chase Bank Building in 1928. After a significant part of the market for hand-made silver disappeared as a result of the economic crisis, he accepted the post of associate professor at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. He went on to become a leading industrial designer.

ref: Krekel-Aalberse, A., Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver, Harry Abrahams, 1989, page 121.