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Chalice

Artist
Dwight Dillon, American, 1918–1959
Date
1958
Material
Sterling silver
made in
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Containers, metalwork
Collection
Decorative Arts and Design
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
10 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. (27 x 13 cm)
Credit Line
Funds given by the Decorative Arts Society in honor of Lynn E. Springer
Rights
© Estate of Dwight Dillon
Object Number
65:1981
NOTES
This chalice’s upward thrusting stem and flared bowl epitomize the soaring, expansive spirit of the Space Age, which began to influence silver design in the late 1950s. The flowing foot and stem and the flattened disc, elongated as if by centrifugal force, echo the era’s fluid, free-form, and sometimes otherworldly imagery. When it was shown in 1959, this chalice won first prizes at exhibitions of the Wichita Art Association in Kansas and the Metropolitan Church Federation of Greater St. Louis.

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