a 900/1000 silver bowl, Lund, Sweden 1931.
The round bowl on a octagonal base, rare maker's marks WN E8 and 900. Diameter 23 cm, weight ca 485 g.
The surface might have been lacquered previously. Weight ca 485 g.
Weight ca 485 g.
Kersti Holmquist, 'Silversmeden Wiwen Nilsson', Kulturen, Lund 1990. The same model is illustrated on p 68, the bowl is sometimes called 'Kungaskålen' (the King's bowl) since a version of this model was in the collections of the Swedish King Gustav VI Adolf.
See p 225, the unusual marks WN 900 is presumed to refer to the close contacts Wiwen had with the USA around 1930.