About the Artwork
Porringer
between ca. 1725 and 1745
John Burt
1692 - 1746
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 2 × 7 7/8 × 5 3/8 inches (5.1 × 20 × 13.7 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
31.21
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, on base, contemporary initials: ASR
Maker's mark, stamped on face of handle, italic capitals in a cartouche: J. BURT
Provenance
1931-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA, XII, 6 (March 1931).
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John Burt, Porringer, between ca. 1725 and 1745, Silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 31.21.
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