Designer: Richard Meier (born 1934)

Item: King Richard Fruit Bowl

Manufactured by: Cleto Munari for Swid Powell

Country of origin: Italy

Year made: Ca. 1984

Materials: Silverplate over brass

Dimensions: Bowl is 3” x 10”

Condition: Mint in its original box with all original packing materials and Swid Powell insert card. It was displayed in a china cabinet in the home it was purchased from and there are few minor shelf marks on the bottom.

References: Tapert, Annette. SWID POWELL: Objects by Architects, Rizzoli, 1990; Stern, Jewel. Modernism in American Silver: 20thCentury Design, Yale University Press, 2005.

Description: These were made in three sizes; 6”, 10” and 14” in diameter. This example is the medium size. Another iconic design by Richard Meier for Swid Powell, which can be found in many important museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. You are unlikely to find another in this mint and unused condition. Possibly received as a gift and displayed for a short period until we purchased it. It also bears the earlier more complete Swid Powell marks as shown. Later examples of this popular bowl seemed to have only the Meier initials and Swid Powell marks.