Details
| Artist | Robert Cruickshank, Canadian, active 1774 - 1809 |
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| Artist | Canadian |
| Title |
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| Date | ca. 1790 |
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | Overall: 10 7/8 inches (27.6 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Mrs. Allan Shelden in memory of Robert H. Tannahill |
| Accession Number | 69.171 |
| Department | American Art before 1950 |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Stamped, three times under foot, in shaped outline, in script: RC |
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| Inscriptions | Engraved, on basal molding: Hôpital Générale, Sorel |
Provenance
until the late 1960s, Hôpital Générale (Sorel, Quebec, Canada) [letter of abbe Jacques Boisclair, chaplain];
Jean Octeau (Montreal, Quebec, Canada);
1969-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Jean Octeau (Montreal, Quebec, Canada);
1969-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Bulletin of the DIA 48 (1969): p. 40.
Fox, Ross. French Canadian Liturgical Silver.” Bulletin of the DIA, 52 (1973): p. 103.
Fox, Ross Allan C. Quebec and Related SIlver at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit,1978, pp. 61-63.
Fox, Ross. French Canadian Liturgical Silver.” Bulletin of the DIA, 52 (1973): p. 103.
Fox, Ross Allan C. Quebec and Related SIlver at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit,1978, pp. 61-63.
