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Sweetmeat Basket

A work made of silver.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of silver.

Date:

1791–1800

Artist:

William Garrett Forbes
American, 1751–1840
New York

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

W. G. Forbes

Title

Sweetmeat Basket

Place

New York City (Object made in)

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c. 1791–1800

Medium

Silver

Inscriptions

Marked twice: "W.G. Forbes"

Dimensions

15.2 × 16.5 × 11.4 cm (6 × 6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Pauline Seipp Armstrong

Reference Number

1986.423

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