1 Of 12 Art Deco Erik Magnussen Gorham Sterling Silver 1928
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1 Of 12 Art Deco Erik Magnussen Gorham Sterling Silver 1928
About the Item
This bowl is in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and a larger variant of this bowl is in the Dallas Museum of Art. It is illustrated on page 30 of Jewel Stern's important book 'Modernism in American Silver - 20th Century Design." For more information about Erik Magnussen please see pages 282-84 of 'Silver in America 1840-1940' by Charles Venable.
The Gorham Sterling Bowl 14064 designed by ERIK MAGNUSSEN
Report by SAMUEL J. HOUGH
The 14064 Bowl is the production version of Erik Magnussen design EM143, which was made in a prototype completed 30 June 1928. The first batch of a dozen 14064 Bowls was completed 28 August 1928.
The average weight of these bowls was 19.50 troy oz. of sterling silver, which in August 1928 was valued at $14.63. The silver was spun, a process which took fifty-one minutes each and was charged at $0.81 direct and $0.72 indirect labor. The silver was also turned for fifty-six minutes ($0.57; $0.51).
The costing slip records thirteen minutes for a blank ($0.12; $0.30); this may reflect the original preparation of the silver sheet. Four minutes assigned to chucks (retrieving chucks the silversmith would use?) cost $0.06. Soldering of ten minutes cost $0.11 and $0.14.
The prepared silver went to a smith who devoted two hours to construction ($1.36; $1.70). Each bowl was then chased for forty-nine minutes ($0.74; $0.69)
Direct labor costs totalled $4.99; when added to the indirect total the labor charge was $9.64. With $14.63 added for the silver, it cost $24.30 to make each bowl. To this were added 30%; $7.29, overhead and 25%, $7.90, profit to make the total factory figure $39.49.
The wholesale price was set at $45 and the Bowls were retailed for $75.
The costing slip for EM143 includes a projection for making a dozen of the bowls. The 14064 costing slip may reflect two runs of twelve examples, although considering Gorham's difficulties in selling Magnussen designs, one run seems more likely.
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- Date of Manufacture:1928
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- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: U1102078558488
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