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About the Artwork

Cake Plate

ca. 1700

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Swiss

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Pewter

Overall: 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (1.9 × 32.4 cm)

Pewter

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Gift of Robert H. Tannahill

48.351

Public Domain

Markings

Marked, on outer border, bottom right: [town arms] Marked, on outer border, bottom left: [pewterers arms] Marked, on outer border, top, possibly artist's intials: AW

Provenance

Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969];
1948-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Vetter, R. "European Pewter In The United States," Antiques, vol. XXI, no. 4 (April 1932): p. 178, (figs. 1-2).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Swiss, Cake Plate, ca. 1700, pewter. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 48.351.

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