About the Artwork
Porringer
between 1817 and 1850
William Calder
1792-1856
American
Unknown
Pewter
Overall: 1 1/2 × 6 1/8 × 4 1/4 inches (3.8 × 15.6 × 10.8 cm)
Pewter
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
51.50
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Stamped, on thumb piece, in circular cartouche: CALDER | eagle
Provenance
1951-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 31, 1 (1951-1952): pp. 19-20 (ill.).
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William Calder, Porringer, between 1817 and 1850, pewter. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 51.50.
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