Dessert Spoon, between 1790 and 1800

  • Robert Cruickshank, Canadian, active 1774 - 1809

Silver

  • Overall: 7 × 1 5/8 × 1 1/4 inches (17.8 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Fund

74.120

Department

American Art before 1950

Stamped, on underside of both handles, in shaped outline, in script: RC Stamped, on underside of both handles, in rectangular cartouche: MONTREAL

Engraved, upper front of handles: W

Ronald Bourgeault Antiques (Salem, Massachusetts, USA)

1974-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Fox, Ross Allan C. Quebec and Related SIlver at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit,1978, pp. 68-69.

Robert Cruickshank, Dessert Spoon, between 1790 and 1800, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Fund, 74.120.