code: SHBL020
American sterling silver, hand made, hand hammered Arts and Crafts large serving bowl made by Falick Novick of Chicago, Illinois, c.1930, having a double fluted design which divides the bowl into four panels, one of which as an applied Arts and Crafts style monogram “EZTâ€. When the central letter of a three letter monogram is larger, as in this example, it usually indicates the last name.
The bowl is in excellent original condition, with a wonderful finish and no repairs or alterations.
Novick is an extremely desirable Chicago Silversmith whose work seldom comes on the market.
The best book on Chicago silver is Sharon S. Darling′s Chicago Silversmiths, published in 1977 as a catalog of an exhibition by the Chicago Historical Society. Darling mentions dozens of silversmiths who worked in Chicago, but several stand out. One is Falick Novick, who came to America from Russia in 1893 at the age of 15, and was initially employed as a plumber′s assistant. In 1907, he moved to Chicago to work as a silversmith, but struggled for years. Novick produced copper bowls for the Kalo Shop until 1920, when it stopped selling copper items, and started making the heavy silver items for which he is best known. He eventually prospered and sold his work through retail outlets such as Macy′s until he died in 1957.
Novick′s mark was usually STERLING / HANDWROUGHT / BY / F. NOVICK / CHICAGO, although the city was sometimes omitted. His work, and that of Heinrich Eicher, is on a par with Kalo.
Dimensions: weight 13.6 ozs. Troy, diameter 9â€, depth 2â€
Maker, Falick Novick, Chicago Illinois, c.1930. Sterling; Handwrought F. NOVICK
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