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Cream Jug

Guillaume Henry

English, died 1767

Cream Jug

c. 1730/31

Medium silver
Dimensions 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (9.5 x 9.5 x 6 cm) Troy weight: 3.5 toz (108.9 g)
Object Number 1955.124
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status Off View

Image Caption

Guillaume Henry, Cream Jug, c. 1730/31, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.124

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. Guille, Peter. Exhibit Eighteen: Old Silver Tea Accessories. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, March 1962. 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, invoice dated 1 July 1940.ยน 1. According to Clark's diary, he reserved this jug on 4 June 1940; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute archives.

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