Paul de Lamerie
English, 1688–1751
Coffeepot
1728/29
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | base: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) Overall: 9 in. (22.9 cm) Weight: 33.96 oz (962.7 g) at handle: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.403 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Paul de Lamerie, Coffeepot, 1728/29, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.403
Select Bibliography
Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute. Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute Presents an Exhibition of Silver by Paul de Lamerie. Exhibition catalogue. Williamastown, MA: Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute, 1953.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Nine: Old English Silver Coffee Pots and Salvers. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1958.
Carver, Beth S., and Eileen M. Casey. Georgian Grace: English Silver in the Age of Elegance. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1977.
S. J. Phillips. Full-page plate. Apollo 15, no. 88 (April 1932).
Anonymous. "The First Lamerie Exhibition." Antiques 63 (June 1953): 516–17.
Carver, Beth S., and Eileen M. Casey. Silver by Paul de Lamerie at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1978.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
Susannah Strangways Horner; Mary Ansley; sold Christie's, London, 15 February 1905, lot 110; bought Crichton Brothers, London; sold Christie's, London, 21 June 1922, lot 68; bought Crichton Brothers, London; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 4 April 1930.¹ 1. Clark's diary entry of 30 January 1930 indicates he may have purchased the coffeepot as early as that date; see Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute archives
