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Big Kalo Bowls

 

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The Kalo Shop made over 180 different styles of bowls (you can see all the various bowl marks here).  The most common and recognizable was the "Lotus" model 5811 bowl shown to the left.  With its lovely convex, tulip-like lobes that tapered in at the top and were decorated with heavy curved applied wire, and its small wide self-foot, this object became a classic Arts & Crafts icon.   Kalo produced this in different sizes, and in slightly different variations, for almost all its 70 years.

 

In an early catalog, Kalo offered baby bowls, fern bowls, sugar bowls, strawberry bowls, soup bowls, oat meal bowls, fruit bowls, punch bowls, and violet bowls.  And the 5811 was often sold as a salad bowl.  We're not certain about the nomenclature for the bowls shown below, but the one common factor is that they were all very large (most at least a foot or so wide, and in several cases much, much wider).  Here is a rare massive copper Kalo bowl beside a Kalo Chamberstick:

 

rare massive copper Kalo bowl beside a Kalo Chamberstick

 

And here are two massive footed Kalo lobed center bowls.  The smaller of the two measures 13-5/8" W and 5-3/4" H and 8-1/4" W. 

 

two massive footed Kalo lobed center bowls

 

The bowls shown were probably used as punch bowls or center bowls, or large fruit bowls.  They are all very heavy, and wonderfully made.  To appreciate them fully you really need to hold them in your hand (two hands actually) to feel the heft and admire the craftsmanship.  You can see an interesting selection of other Kalo bowls here.  But these are special because they are all very, very big.

 

(Click on a thumbnail below to see a larger photo.)

14-1/4" W and 7-1/8" H

 

KALO

16-7/16" L and 7-1/2" W and 3-1/4" H

 

STERLING / HAND WROUGHT / AT / THE KALO SHOP / CD1

12-1/4" L and 8-3/8" W and 6-1/2" H

 

STERLING / HAND WROUGHT / AT / THE KALO SHOPS / CHICAGO / AND / NEW YORK / 393 / M

13-1/2" W and 5-1/8" H

 

STERLING / HAND WROUGHT / THE KALO SHOP / CHICAGO / U.S.A. / 25

13-5/8" W and 5-3/4" H and 8-1/4" W

 

STERLING KALO / P117L

15-5/8" W and 6-3/4" H

 

STERLING / HAND WROUGHT / AT / THE KALO SHOPS / CHICAGO / AND / NEW YORK / P117L

11-7/8" W and 4-5/8" H

 

STERLING / HAND BEATEN / AT / KALO SHOPS / PARK RIDGE / ILLS

11-5/8" W and 5" H

 

STERLING / HAND WROUGHT / AT / THE KALO SHOP / S877

12-3/16" W and 4-1/4" H

 

STERLING / HAND WROUGHT / THE KALO SHOP / CHICAGO / U.S.A. / K310S

11-3/8" W and 5" H

 

STERLING / HAND WROUGHT / AT / THE KALO SHOP /  V13C

10-1/2" W and 3-9/16" H

 

STERLING / HAND WROUGHT / AT / THE KALO SHOP / 5811L

 

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