Syrup Jug

ca. 1950

Fred E. Eagen, Artist Marion Kenny Eagen, Artist

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About the Artwork

This jug is an interesting example of outside raising, in which the form is stretched in one piece from a small disk of silver. Extremely simple in shape and decoration, the piece has been given a pleasant weight, well expressed in the sturdy design. Small pieces of silver set in a diagonal course around the base create shadows which give balance to the rather small base. The handle and thumb rest are made up of several pieces of silver soldered together in vertical bands. Adapted from William E. Woolfenden, "Two Works by Michigan Artist-Craftsmen." Bulletin of the DIA 29, no. 3 (1949-50): 75-76, ill.

Title Syrup Jug

Artwork Date ca. 1950

Makers Fred E. Eagen (Artist) American, born 1905 Marion Kenny Eagen (Artist) American, born 1908

Medium Silver

Dimensions Overall: 4 1/4 × 2 7/8 × 3 1/2 inches (10.8 × 7.3 × 8.9 cm)

Classification Silver

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Founders Society Purchase Prize, Michigan Artist-Craftsmen Exhibition 1950

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. 50.47

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1950-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Woolfenden, William E. "Two Works by Michigan Artist-Craftsmen." Bulletin of the DIA 29, no. 3 (1949-50): 75-76, ill.

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Fred E. Eagen; Marion Kenny Eagen, Syrup Jug, ca. 1950, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase Prize, Michigan Artist-Craftsmen Exhibition 1950, 50.47.