Matthew E. Lofthouse
English, active 1697–1750
Coffeepot
1728/29
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 4 7/16 in. (21 x 19.1 x 11.3 cm) Weight: 27.7 oz (785.4 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.253 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Matthew E. Lofthouse, Coffeepot, 1728/29, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.253
Select Bibliography
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.
Walter H. Willson Ltd. Advertisement. Connoisseur 102, no. 443 (July 1938): xl.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
With Walter H. Wilson Ltd., London;¹ with Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 1 July 1940. 1. The coffeepot was advertised by Walter H. Wilson Ltd. in Connoisseur 102 (July 1938): xxxx.
