About the Artwork
Tablespoon
between 1810 and 1820
Pierre-Jean Desnoyers
1772-1846
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 9 × 1 3/4 × 1 inches (22.9 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Gift of Desnoyers' descendant, Vincent Price
1988.3
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, in script, on the front of the handle: M.D.
Stamped, in oval punch mark, on the back of the handle: P.D.
Provenance
Pierre-Jean's wife, Marie Louisa Gobeil Desnoyers. great-great grandson of Pierre-Jean, Vincent Price. 1988-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"American Decorative Arts Acquisitions 1985-2005." Bulletin of the DIA, 81, 1-2 (2007): p. 69.
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Pierre-Jean Desnoyers, Tablespoon, between 1810 and 1820, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Desnoyers' descendant, Vincent Price, 1988.3.
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