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Monteith

Date
1709–10
Material
Silver
Classification
Containers, metalwork
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
8 5/8 x 11 x 11 in. (21.9 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
820:1940a,b
c.1724 - 18th century
Sir Francis Fust (b.1704-d.1769), Hill Court, Gloucester, England [1]

- 1940
Mallett & Son, Ltd., London, England

1940 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Mallett & Son, Ltd. [2]

Notes:
[1] Per correspondence dated March 1986 from Heirloom and Howard, Ltd., identifying the coat of arms as Fust impaling Tooker, for Sir Francis Fust, Hill Court, Gloucester, who, in 1724 married Fanny, daughter of Nicholas Tooker of Bristol [SLAM document files].

[2] Invoice dated May 1940 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, October 3, 1940.

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