About the Artwork
Mustard Spoon
ca. 1790
Michel Forton
1754-1816
Canadian
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 4 1/2 × 7/8 × 1/2 inches (11.4 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Robinson
75.37
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, upper front of handle: Cann(?) crest
Stamped, on underside of handle, in rectangle: MF
Provenance
collection Louis Carrier (Sainte-Anne de Bellvie, Quebec)
collection Francis W. Robinson (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)
1975-present, gift to 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, p. 75.
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Michel Forton, Mustard Spoon, ca. 1790, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Robinson, 75.37.
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