Details
| Artist | Arthur J. Stone, American, 1847-1938 |
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| Manufacturer | Stone Associates, American |
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| Date | 1918 |
| Medium | silver and gilt |
| Dimensions | Overall: 10 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 5 3/4 inches (27.3 × 16.5 × 14.6 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of George G. Booth |
| Accession Number | 20.1 |
| Department | American Art before 1950 |
| On View | Modern N2BB, Level 2 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Stamped, on the bottom: Stone [for the maker] T [for shop foreman Herbert Taylor] Sterling |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, around neck of vase: If eyes were made for seeing then beauty is its own excuse for being |
Provenance
1920-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Bulletin of the DIA, 1, 5 (1920): p. 72 (ill.).
Worcester Art Museum News Bulletin and Calendar, 6, 8 (May 1941).
Arts and Crafts in Detroit, 1906-1907. Exh cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1977, p. 89, no. 59 (ill.).
Chickering, Elenita C. and Sarah Morgan Ross. Arthur J. Stone,1847-1938: Designer and Silversmith. Boston, 1994, pp. 65, 142 (ill.).
Worcester Art Museum News Bulletin and Calendar, 6, 8 (May 1941).
Arts and Crafts in Detroit, 1906-1907. Exh cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1977, p. 89, no. 59 (ill.).
Chickering, Elenita C. and Sarah Morgan Ross. Arthur J. Stone,1847-1938: Designer and Silversmith. Boston, 1994, pp. 65, 142 (ill.).
