Antique American Sterling Silver Bowl/Dish

• circa 1920
• Dimensions: 2 1/2 inches height, 10 inches diameter

Cowell and Hubbard was considered Cleveland’s oldest and foremost jewelry store. The firm began in 1861 and sold clocks, watches, lamps, fine jewelry and silverware. They were not considered silversmiths but retailed silver from major U.S. manufacturers. In 1964, the Philadelphia jewelry firm of Bailey, Banks & Biddle acquired a controlling interest in Cowell & Hubbard. Soon after that, the Sale Corp., one of America’s largest retail jewelers, purchased the Philadelphia firm. Under Zale, Cowell & Hubbard became a multimillion-dollar corporation as it expanded and built branch stores. Unfortunately, in January 1981 Zale closed Cowell and Hubbard’s main jewelry store because of security problems, high overhead costs, and the general decline in retail business.

An exquisite American Sterling Silver Bowl/Dish that has intricate detail. The bowl/dish has a ruffled lattice border interspersed with flowers and leaves. It is marked on the reverse with Sterling/the Cowell & Hubbard Company mark and the number 4025.

In addition to their practical use at the dinner table, the shape and beauty of sterling silver bowls/dishes make them excellent decorative objects. Their natural luster and shine, combined with their design, make silver bowls/dishes quite popular.