Bowl (1895): Art, History and Details

Bowl (1895) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

While Fabergé mainly produced objects with historicist ornamentation drawing upon earlier periods, the firm was also attentive to the latest fashions in the European decorative arts. This silver bowl is executed in the Art Nouveau style popular at the time. Its indented body and the asymmetrical handle convey a sense of liquid movement, accentuated by the undulating reflections on the silver surface.

Object facts

• Title: Bowl
• Date: 1895
• Creator attribution: House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
• Culture: Russia
• Type: Silver
• Technique: silver
• Dimensions: Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 2021.159

A detail from the museum

The size suggests that it was used either for sweets or simply displayed for its aesthetic value.

Collection credit

Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• None found

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.