Bowl
Bowl
- Description
- "Ultra" pattern serving bowl; features a wide, inverted ovoid body with three, low-relief, vertical ears of wheat applied to sides on a short, fluted pedestal with conical base. Flat, incurved rim. Underside struck with maker's mark and pattern number.
- Greek-American industrial designer John Vassos (1898-1985) designed the "Ultra" pattern in 1934 for R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co. of Wallingford, CT; 1871-present. "Ultra" flatware 1989.0700.01-.06, five-piece coffee and tea service 1989.0700.07-.11, and bowl 1989.0700.12, all belonged to the Vassos family.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1934 or later
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Wallingford
- place used
- United States: New York, New York
- United States: Connecticut, Norwalk
- Physical Description
- silver plate (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 3/8 in x 9 7/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 25.0825 cm
- ID Number
- 1989.0700.12
- catalog number
- 1989.0700.12
- accession number
- 1989.0700
- Credit Line
- Gift of Paul Johnes
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
