Covered Soup Tureen and Ladle

Marshall Field & Company Craft Shop

ca. 1915 · Silver · The American Wing

Covered Soup Tureen and Ladle — Marshall Field & Company Craft Shop

Around 1904, Chicago’s Marshall Field and Company established a department for silver and jewelry on the tenth floor of its State Street department store. In a fully equipped workshop, metalsmiths combined traditional craft techniques with modern machine processes to meet growing public demand. This bold tureen and the accompanying ladle, each adorned with an elaborate interlaced monogram, reflect the firm’s penchant for heavily hammered surfaces.

Artist
Marshall Field & Company Craft Shop
Date
ca. 1915
Medium
Silver
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Credit line
Gift, Silver & Metalwork of the Twentieth Century from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection, 2009

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