About the Artwork
Candlestick
between 1710 and 1711
Matthew Cooper
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English
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 6 5/8 × 4 inches, 360.6 g (16.8 × 10.2 cm, 12.7 ounces)
Silver
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Esther Cuttler in memory of Eleanor Clay Ford
76.164
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Mark, under base: [lion's head] [erased] Mark, under base: Britannia Maker's mark, under base: Co (Grimwade 378) Mark: p [date letter for year 1710-11] Stamp, on exterior of bobeche: [unidentifiable mark] Mark, under base, in red: 76.164
Provenance
Miss Esther Cutler
1976-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Mosby, Dewey F. "Department of European Art," Bulletin of the DIA: Annual Report 56, no. 1 (1977): pp. 23-27, p. 57 (ill.).
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Matthew Cooper, Candlestick, between 1710 and 1711, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Esther Cuttler in memory of Eleanor Clay Ford, 76.164.
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