About the Artwork
Caster
between 1750 and 1805
Benjamin Burt
1729-1805
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 5 1/4 × 2 1/8 inches (13.3 × 5.4 cm)
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American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
36.93.1
Public Domain
Markings
Engraved, under foot: AGM
Maker's mark stamped on side of each caster, in a rectangle: B BURT
Provenance
1936-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Benjamin Burt, Caster, between 1750 and 1805, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 36.93.1.
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