About the Artwork
Tablespoon
ca. 1785
John Burger
1746 - 1828
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 9 inches (22.9 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Bequest of Katharine De Mille Campau
35.68
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, in script, front of the handle, in medallion: S D M
Mark, back of handle, in cartouche: BURGER
Provenance
1935-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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John Burger, Tablespoon, ca. 1785, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Katharine De Mille Campau, 35.68.
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