Karl F. Leinonen Sterling Silver Boston Arts & Crafts Hammered Centerpiece Bowl

Karl F. Leinonen for Handicraft Shop sterling silver centerpiece bowl, beautifully hand-hammered in Boston Arts & Crafts style, with multiple lobed sides and standing on a stepped base. With an elegant design, it measures 8 1/4'' in diameter by 4'' in height, weighs 24.6 troy ounces, and bears hallmarks as shown.  Boston established a reputation during the first decades of the twentieth century for small-scale workshops producing high-quality silver hollowware. Handicraft Shop was one such cooperative, established under the aegis of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston. Early shop members included George Christian Gebelein, whose work favored the colonial-revival style, Seth Ek, F. J. R. Gyllenberg, Mary C. Knight, and C. G. Forssen.Shop member Karl Leinonen (1866-1957) was born in Finland, where he apprenticed for five years and worked five more as a silversmith before immigrating to Boston in 1893. He joined Handicraft Shop when it was founded in 1901 and became a long-standing