Coffeepot (spurious)

probably late 19th–early 20th century

Medium	silver
Dimensions	base: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm) at handle: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm) 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm) Weight: 21.39 oz (606.5 g)
Object Number	1955.282
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Purportedly John Fletcher, Coffeepot (spurious), probably late 19th–early 20th century, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.282

Select Bibliography

Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute. Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute Presents an Exhibition of Silver of the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute, 1951. 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. Comstock, Helen. "The Connoisseur in America." Connoisseur 106 (Sept. 1940): 716. Comstock, Helen. "An Antiques Survey: English Silver Coffeepots." Antiques 76 (December 1959): 548–51. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.

Provenance

With Crichton & Co., Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 2 April 1929.¹ 1. Although this coffeepot appears on a Crichton & Co. invoice dated 1 May 1929 with other objects purchased on 2 April, Clark’s diary indicates it was purchased on the 10th of April. See diary entries of 10–11 April 1929, Sterling and Francine Clark Art institute archives.