About the Artwork
Dessert Spoon
between 1790 and 1800
Robert Cruickshank
active 1774 - 1809
Canadian
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 7 × 1 5/8 × 1 1/4 inches (17.8 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Fund
74.120
Public Domain
Markings
Engraved, upper front of handles: W
Stamped, on underside of both handles, in shaped outline, in script: RC Stamped, on underside of both handles, in rectangular cartouche: MONTREAL
Provenance
Ronald Bourgeault Antiques (Salem, Massachusetts, USA);1974-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Fox, Ross Allan C. Quebec and Related SIlver at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit,1978, pp. 68-69.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Robert Cruickshank, Dessert Spoon, between 1790 and 1800, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth, Allan and Warren Shelden Fund, 74.120.
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