Original ink drawing of elaborate covered bowl

8-3/4 x 11-1/2 inches. Matted. Fine. 8-3/4 x 11-1/2 inches. George R. Benda worked in New York at the end of the 19th century; he specialized in designs in silver, many for the noted firm of Black, Starr & Frost - Gorham, and other ornamental metalwork, such as this fine example.