Charles Perier
English, first mark entered 1729
Bowl
1733/34
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 3 3/8 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (8.6 x 18.4 x 18.4 cm) Base diameter: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) Weight: 19.97 oz (566.1 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.88 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Charles Perier, Bowl, 1733/34, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.88
Select Bibliography
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.
Mastai, M.-L. D'Otrange. "The Connoisseur in America." Connoisseur 156 (July 1964): 22023.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
With Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 17 July 1942.¹ 1. Although no invoice survives for this object, Clark's diary entry of 17 June 1942 notes "a lovely Geo II 1732 medium sized bowl—Fluted sides and scalloped edges," which Francine insisted on giving . . . to me for my birthday"; see Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute archives.
