Censer, 1804

  • Laurent Amiot, Canadian, 1764-1839

Metal, silver

  • Overall (width includes chain): 9 1/8 × 38 1/4 inches (23.2 × 97.2 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Robert H. Tannahill

57.145

Department

American Art before 1950

Church of Saint-Cuthbert (Berthier County, Quebec, Canada)

H. Baron (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

1957-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Fox, Ross. French Canadian Liturgical Silver.” Bulletin of the DIA, 52 (1973): pp. 38-40.

Laurent Amiot, Censer, 1804, metal, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Robert H. Tannahill, 57.145.