About the Artwork
Sweetmeat Dish
1638
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English
English
Silver
Overall: 2 3/16 × 5 × 3 3/4 inches, 3.6 ounces (5.6 × 12.7 × 9.5 cm, 102.1 g)
Silver
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Robert H. Tannahill in memory of Mrs. William Clay
53.430
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Maker's mark, on outer rim near handle: S [interlocked with top of A in a diamond] Stamp, on outer rim near handle: [leopard's head crowned] Stamp, on outer rim near handle: [lion passant] Stamp, on outer rim near handle: [court hand a, reversed, a rare date letter used only for part of 1638 until the error was corrected] Stamp, on bottom: [lion passant]
Provenance
Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)
1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 33, nos. 3/4 (1953/54): p. 71 (ill.).
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English, Sweetmeat Dish, 1638, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill in memory of Mrs. William Clay, 53.430.
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