Sterling Serving Tea Service The Kalo Shop Hand Made Early 20th Century

For your consideration today is this very very rare tea service by the Kalo Shop of Chicago. Many consider this Arts and Crafts era maker as the single most important maker of hand wrought sterling silver. The Kalo Shop was founded in 1900 in Chicago by 32-year old Clara P. From a January, 1901 article in the. The Kalo company is the latest group to be formed. It is composed of six young women, Bertha Hall, Rose Dolese. Barck, Ruth Raymond, and Bessie McNeal, and their company name is taken from a Greek word meaning to make beautiful. They are all graduates of the designers' course at the Art Institute, and besides designing for wall decoration, produce articles in burnt wood and decorated leather.

The workshop of the Kalo company is in the Bank of Commerce Building. This amazing set consists of a tea pot that weighs 25.46 troy ounces, a coffee pot that weighs 25.36 troy ounces, a creamer that weighs 7.37 troy ounces, a covered sugar that weighs 9.56. Troy ounces, a small tray that weighs 12.46.

Troy ounces and a large tray that weighs 66.17. All pieces are solid sterling and are clearly marked. (including the large tray which in most sets IS also sterling). The large tray measures 20 5/8" by a little under 14".

All of the pieces are marked 159A except for the platters which are Marked K1F and K1FS. The item "Sterling Serving Tea Service The Kalo Shop Hand Made Early 20th Century" is in sale since Monday, January 21, 2019. This item is in the category "Antiques\Silver\Sterling Silver (.

The seller is "blidegold" and is located in Elmira, New York. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Brand: The Kalo Shops

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