The Kalo Shop
Chafing Dish with Tray

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Chafing Dish with Tray
Date1905–1914
PlaceChicago, Illinois, United States
MediumSterling silver and ebony
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 × 24 × 20 in. (24.8 × 61 × 50.8 cm)
A) Tray: 1 1/4 × 20 in. (3.2 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust
Object number2005.1208.A-.F
Not on view

Explore Further

Object Type
Provenance[Lauren Stanley Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History“Silver: An American Art—Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 30–February 15, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Tray(A) and lid(E) have an applied monogram: "EBA" (Emma Burban Ayer)

Tray(A), Deep Dish(C), Handled Pan(D), Sterno(F) are stamped on the underside: "STERLING / HAND BEATEN / AT /KALO SHOPS / PARK RIDGE / ILLS."

Stand(B) stamped on the underside: "HAND BEATEN / AT /KALO SHOPS / PARK RIDGE / ILLS. STERLING"

Tray(A) stamped "4683" beneath the above mark.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Epergne
Robert Hennell I
1796
Silver
B.93.29
Cigar Humidor
Tiffany & Co.
1925
Sterling silver
87.267.A,.B
Dinner Service
Thomas Sharpus & Co.
c. 1838–1843
Porcelain
96.1138;97.1586
Ceremonial Pectoral Dish
18th century
Gold
2004.2422
In Dust Real: Burn Again 4
Marek Cecula
2005
Industrial porcelain and wood
2007.800.A-.C
Kris
17th–early 18th Century
Gold, wood, rubies
2004.2351.A,.B
Covered Cup
John Ruslen
1672–1673
Sterling silver
83.135.A,.B
Balance
Lu Wen Xia
1997–1998
Stoneware (Yixing Zisha)
2008.811.A,.B
Fruchtschale
Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur (KPM)
c. 1847–1850
Hard-paste porcelain
74.205
People Talk About Roses...
Andreas Schneider
1990
Ceramic
2007.1704.A-.F
Artist's Paint Box
George C. Osborne
c. 1828–1832
Mahogany and mixed media
B.2003.10
Pectoral
19th century or earlier
Gold
2004.2321