About the Artwork
Fork
mid-18th century
Joseph Goldthwaite
1706-1780
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 7 5/8 inches (19.4 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
54.280
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Markings
Inscribed, on the reverse: E.C.H.
Maker's mark stamped, on reverse: IG
Provenance
private collection (South America). 1954-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA, 34, 1 (1954-55): p. 19 (ill.).
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Joseph Goldthwaite, Fork, mid-18th century, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 54.280.
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