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Basin

Isaac Liger

British, free 1704; died 1730

Basin

1716/17

Medium silver
Dimensions 1 15/16 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (4.9 x 29.2 x 29.2 cm) Weight: 33.08 oz (937.8 g)
Object Number 1955.259
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status On View

Image Caption

Isaac Liger, Basin, 1716/17, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.259

Select Bibliography

Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute. Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute Presents an Exhibition of Silver of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute, 1952. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Twenty-five: Old Silver Bowls and Dishes. Exhibition catalogue. Williamwtown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1964. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Thirty-two: Old Silver Dining Accessories. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1966. Mastai, M.-L. D'Otrange. "The Connoisseur in America." Connoisseur 156 (July 1964): 22023. Hackenbroch, Yvonne. English and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection. The Irwin Untermyer Collection 6. Revised edition. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969. Wees, Beth Carver. "English Silver in an American Museum: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute." Silver Society Journal 4 (Autumn 1993):115–23. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.

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