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Posts by wrihker

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One of Vik's new Jazz Bowls

Here's a picture of one of the new Jazz Bowls Viktor is releasing. This one is one of the parabolic New Yorker bowls.

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Vik and Heather with bisque Jazz Bowl

Here's a shot of Viktor working on one of the bowls with the scratch artist.

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Vik with new Jazz Bowl

And here's a nicer shot of Vik with one of the new bowls.

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Flared New Yorker Jazz Bowl

We're doing a formal unveiling of the new flared bowls later this week here in Cleveland. Let me know if someone would like to attend.

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New Yorker Jazz Plate

Here's the first of the plates we made available. We only know of 2 that were produced in Cowan's day, and the second is only from an old photo.

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Cocktails & Cigarettes Jazz Plate

This plate we only know from a photo in the Cowan archives, but it matches the design on the Jazz Bowl that Cotton Mather's descendant purchased from the CMA May Show in 1931.

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Cocktails Jazz Plate

As far as we know, Viktor only made one of these at Cowan, and it is today in the hands of a private collector.

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Rhythm in Blue Jazz Plate

Since the Rhythm in Blue bowl did not have a corresponding charger (as far as we know!) in the Cowan days, we had to make one up.

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Danse Moderne/Night Club Jazz Bowl

Here is the matching bowl for the Danse Moderne plates. Vik titled it Night Club in his records.

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Danse Moderne/Night Club Jazz Bowl

A shot of the original Cowan bowl.

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Rhythm in Blue Jazz Bowl

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Rhythm in Blue Jazz Bowl

Here's the shot of the Cowan one.