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Cruet set

Artist

Hester Bateman

Date

1790

Institution Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Medium: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Metalwork | Silver, glass
Size: 10 x 8 x 5 1/4in. (25.4 x 20.3 x 13.3cm)
Creation Place: Europe, England, London
Culture: Europe, England
Style: 18th century
Inscriptions: MarksFully marked on underside of stand (indistinct). Lion passant and maker's mark on side of base and on bottle separator on shaft. Lion passant, maker's mark, and duty mark on silver fittings of all the bottles. Maker's mark and lion passant on hinged lid of one cruet bottle. The two caster covers and one foot on the bast struck with French control mark.
Physical Description: cruet set (a), with eight crystal bottles (b-i), and two silver ladles (j,k)
Credit: Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of the Charles Bolles Rogers Family: Frederick Van Dusen Rogers, Nancy Rogers Pierson, Mary Rogers Savage
Accession Number: 59.11.22a-i
Artist: Hester Bateman, English, 1708-1794
Role: Maker
Nationality: British (London, England)
Life Dates: English, 1708-1794
Added to Site: February 28, 2009