Collection Highlights
Baby walker
1700-1800
INV.14959
Pine
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cann
Object name
Cann
Date
ca. 1760
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 4 1/8 x 3 x 5 in. ( 10.5 x 7.6 x 12.7 cm )
Description
Wrought silver cann; baluster-shaped body on a circular molded foot; plain, molded band applied around the rim; double-scroll handle with a scrolled acanthus leaf thumbpiece, lower terminus forked; engraved on the base, "D * VV" in block letters; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr.; The Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr. Collection
Object Number
1951.93
Marks
Inscription: engraved on the base: "D * VV" in block letters
Maker's marks: stamped on the base: "DCF" in an oval besides, "N:/ YORK" in a cartouche
Gallery Label
Daniel Christian Fueter, a Swiss goldsmith and political refugee, arrived in New York from London in 1754. After migratory trips to Connecticut and Pennsylvania he settled in New York in 1763, where he set up a gold and silversmithing operation. He returned to Switzerland in 1770.
Provenance
Purchased from the dealers Ginsburg & Levy of New York by Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr. in 1948; loaned by Belknap to Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1948.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
