Milk Pitcher

c. 1764

Barthelemy Samson French, active 1760 - died 1782

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Title Milk Pitcher

Artwork Date c. 1764

Artist Barthelemy Samson

Life Dates active 1760 - died 1782

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Silver and ebonized wood

Dimensions Overall: 5 11/16 × 5 × 3 13/16 inches, 330.4 g (14.4 × 12.7 × 9.7 cm, 11.7 ounces)

Classification Silver

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 70.399

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Marks on base: [1] B between 2 grains de remède, SAM/SON, a rose below (maker's mark) [2] T O L, a fleur-de-lis between 2 grains above, an I between 2 grains below (Toulouse warden's mark, 1764?) [3] flower in a shield, a crown above (charge mark for jurisdiction of Toulouse, about 1760-68) [4] shield with 3 ermines, crown above (discharge mark,

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Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

You, Yao-Fen. “From Novelty to Necessity: The Europeanization of Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate.” In Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate: Consuming the World, ed. Yao-Fen You, Mimi Hellman, and Hope Saska. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 2016, p. 33; 46 (ill.); 133, cat. 40.

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