About the Artwork
Caster
between 1750 and 1805
Benjamin Burt
1729-1805
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 5 3/8 × 2 inches (13.7 × 5.1 cm)
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American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
36.93.2
Public Domain
Markings
Engraved, under foot:AGM
Maker's mark, stamped on side of each caster: B BURT [Roman capitals in a rectangle]
Provenance
until 1936, Mrs. Miles White, Jr.,1936, sale, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc. (New York, New York, USA).
1936-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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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, 36.93.2.
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