About the Artwork
Sauce Spoon
probably between 1771 and 1780
Christopher Hughes
1744 - 1824
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 7 1/4 inches (18.4 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Gift of Marc Herrick and Michael Farrell
2018.58
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, verso: [various monograms and 1854 date]
Stamp, verso, makers mark: [CH enclosed in a square (twice)]
Provenance
Michael Farrell and Mark Herrick (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
2018-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Christopher Hughes, Sauce Spoon, probably between 1771 and 1780, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Marc Herrick and Michael Farrell, 2018.58.
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