About the Artwork
Dredger
between 1735 and 1745
John Potwine
about 1698-1792
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 3 3/4 × 2 × 2 inches (9.5 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
36.92
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, on base: I W
Maker's mark stamped, on side and bottom, script letters in a cartouche: I. POTWINE
Provenance
Mrs. Miles White, Jr., sale, American Art Association. Anderson Galleries, Inc., no. 450 (New York, New York, USA)
1936-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Norman-Wilcox, Gregor. "American Silver Spice Dredgers." Antiques, 14, 1 and 2 (January 1944): and (February 1944).
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John Potwine, Dredger, between 1735 and 1745, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 36.92.
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