About the Artwork
Spoon
1725
John Cluet
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American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 8 1/4 inches (21 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
42.110
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, inscription on front and back of handle: (front) Een Niew Yaar's Gift aen Rensselaer Van Schelluyne 1834; (back) M G Een Niew Yaar's Gift aen Lendert Gansevoort, 1757
Mark, on back of spoon: IC
Provenance
1942-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
attributed to John Cluet, Spoon, 1725, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 42.110.
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