Designer: Richard Meier (born 1934)

Item: Cross Bowl Small

Manufactured by: Plata Lappas, Buenos Aires for Swid Powell

Country of origin: Argentina

Year made: Ca. 1991

Materials: Silver over brass

Dimensions: 2 ½” x 6” in diameter, and box is 3” x 7” x 7”

Condition: Mint in its original Swid Powell box with its original paper insert.  Never used. 

References: Richard Meier’s website has photos and original drawings for this design.

Description:  Another important design by Richard Meier for Swid Powell from his later period with Swid Powell.  Unlike the larger Cross Bowl whose base is fixed, this bowl can rotate on the base. Examples of this design can be found in the Museum of Arts and Applied Sciences in Sydney Australia.  Meier’s designs for Swid Powell are in many major museum collections, and this set is worthy of any major museum design collection.