About the Artwork
Spout Cup
late 17th or 18th century
John Allen (Artist) American, 1671-1760 John Edwards (Artist) American, 1671-1746
Silver
Overall: 5 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 7/8 inches (13.3 × 12.1 × 12.4 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
42.55
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, on the side is a crest: Dudley. [The initials D over CM are those of Caleb and Mary Davis who were married in 1783.]
Maker's mark, on neck near handle: IE and IA.
Provenance
Estate of Mrs. Alexander Whiteside. Robert Ensko. 1942-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Biglow, Francis Hill. Historic Silver of the Colonies and its Makers. p. 385 (ill.).
Antiques 54, 5 (November 1948): pp. 355-356.
Tannahill, Robert H. Bulletin of the DIA 24, 2 (1944): p. 20.
French, English and American Silver. Exh. cat., Minneapolis Institute of Arts. 1956, cat. 163.
Masterpieces of American Silver. Exh. cat., Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. 1960, cat. 52.
Colonial Silversmiths, Masters and Apprentices. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, 1962, cat. 59.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
John Allen; John Edwards, Spout Cup, late 17th or 18th century, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 42.55.
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