Product sheet ''JAZZ'' PUNCH BOWL
Designer:
VIKTOR SCHRECKENGOST
Manufacturer:
Cowan Pottery Studio
VIKTOR SCHRECKENGOST
Manufacturer:
Cowan Pottery Studio
From Cowan's second production series
the interior decorated with a band of bubbles and stars
Underside of ring base impressed COWAN with firm's mark, and with foundation tag marked with serial number 8915
Glazed earthenware
9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm) high 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm) diameter
Manufactured by Cowan Pottery Studio, Rocky River, OH
Provenance:
Grant Powers, artist and illustrator for the New York Daily News, ca. 1930s
Thence by descent
Literature and References:
The Cowan Potters, Inc., March 17, 1931, p. 2
Karen Davies, At Home in Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression, New Haven, 1983, p. 81
Henry Adams, Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-Century Design, Cleveland, 2000, pp. 90 and 95 (for other examples of the flared-rim ''Jazz'' bowl presently offered) and pp. 88-95 (for a detailed discussion of the three variants of Schreckengost's ''Jazz'' bowls)
the interior decorated with a band of bubbles and stars
Underside of ring base impressed COWAN with firm's mark, and with foundation tag marked with serial number 8915
Glazed earthenware
9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm) high 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm) diameter
Manufactured by Cowan Pottery Studio, Rocky River, OH
Provenance:
Grant Powers, artist and illustrator for the New York Daily News, ca. 1930s
Thence by descent
Literature and References:
The Cowan Potters, Inc., March 17, 1931, p. 2
Karen Davies, At Home in Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression, New Haven, 1983, p. 81
Henry Adams, Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-Century Design, Cleveland, 2000, pp. 90 and 95 (for other examples of the flared-rim ''Jazz'' bowl presently offered) and pp. 88-95 (for a detailed discussion of the three variants of Schreckengost's ''Jazz'' bowls)
estimated value:
30,000—50,000 US$
reached price:
48,000 US$
Auction:
20th Century Decorative Arts
Sales date: 2007-03-31
location: New York
Sales number: 8313
Lot number: 234
30,000—50,000 US$
reached price:
48,000 US$
Auction:
20th Century Decorative Arts
Sales date: 2007-03-31
location: New York
Sales number: 8313
Lot number: 234
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