About the Artwork
Christening Cup
between 1720 and 1744
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English
English
Silver
Overall: 1 7/16 × 6 × 4 5/16 inches, 126.5 pounds (3.7 × 15.2 × 11 cm, 57.4 kg)
Silver
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Robert H. Tannahill
53.14
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, on outside of rim: C.R.R.... FLB....1685.
Maker's mark, on outside of bowl near rim and handle: IA Marks, scratched, on bottom: 542/MEX .
Provenance
January 22-24, 1953, sold by (Berry Hill, Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, New York, USA) cat. no. 406
purchased by Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)
1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 33, no. 3/4 (1953/54): p. 78 (ill.).
American and English Furniture and Decorations. Sales cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries. New York, January 22-24, 1953, no. 406.
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English, Christening Cup, between 1720 and 1744, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 53.14.
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