About the Artwork
Fruit Basket
between 1750 and 1751
William Cripps
ca. 1717-1767
English
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 11 3/4 × 15 1/2 × 13 1/4 inches, 5 pounds 5.8 ounces (29.8 × 39.4 × 33.7 cm, 2 kg 432.4 g)
Silver
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of the Women's Committee
51.114
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Stamps, on bottom near edge: W.C [maker's mark, Grimwade 305?] [lion passant] p [date letter for 1750-51] [leopard's head crowned]
Provenance
Women's Committee
1951-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Richardson, E.P. "Alessandro Vittoria in the Institute." Bulletin of the DIA 32, no. 1 (1952/53): p. 1 (ill.).
The Age of Elegance. Exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, 1959, no. 389.
DIA Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 125 (ill.).
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William Cripps, Fruit Basket, between 1750 and 1751, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Women's Committee, 51.114.
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