About the Artwork
Mug
between 1740 and 1750
Jacob Hurd
1702 or 1703 - 1758
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 5 × 4 7/8 × 3 3/8 inches (12.7 × 12.4 × 8.6 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
37.143
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, on front: [the Pierce coat of arms] DEUS MIHI SOL
Maker's mark stamped, to the left of the handle: HURD Stamped, underneath, Roman letters in a cartouche: JACOB HURD
Provenance
April 2-3, 1937, Herbert Lawton Collection, public sale, Anderson Galleries, Inc. (New York, New York, USA). Robert Ensko, Inc. 1937-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jacob Hurd, Mug, between 1740 and 1750, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 37.143.
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