Large Brass Bowl with Oriental Pierced Pattern, Collini Hohenems, 29 × 22 cm – Antique 1940s

A large, impressive brass bowl with an oriental-style pierced pattern on the rim – with a deep patina grown over decades.

Origin

The bowl is attributed to the Austrian metalware factory Collini. The company began in 1898 as a scissor-grinding workshop in Hohenems (Vorarlberg), founded by Damian Collini, and soon became known for cutlery and tableware.

Details & Condition

• Maker: Collini, Hohenems (Austria)
• Material: brass
• Length: 29 cm / 11.4 in
• Width: 22 cm / 8.7 in
• Height: 5.5 cm / 2.2 in
• Date: 1940s
• Condition: very good for its age, with pronounced patina

Uses

As a fruit bowl, for Christmas cookies and nuts, as a base for floral arrangements or simply as a decorative piece on a dresser or sideboard.

Care

Preserve the patina or polish gently; line with a napkin for food.

At the flea market in Waidhofen an der Thaya the bowl was full of apples from the seller's garden – and the light fell through its pierced pattern like through a window in a bazaar.

A bazaar in Vorarlberg brass — Things with Soul · VintageAustriaShop