About the Artwork
Mug
probably between 1750 and 1780
Thomas Hammersley
1727-1781
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 5 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 inches (13.3 × 14 × 9.8 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
57.32
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, on front: [hand holding dagger] | [star symbol] P [star symbol] NS [star symbol]
Stamped, on the bottom (twice): TH
Provenance
1957-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
attributed to Thomas Hammersley, Mug, probably between 1750 and 1780, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 57.32.
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