John Pollock
English, active 1734–1780
Cream Jug
1741/42
Medium | silver |
Dimensions | 4 1/2 x 3 7/16 x 2 7/16 in. (11.4 x 8.7 x 6.2 cm) Base diameter: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm) Troy weight: 5.9 toz (183.5 g) |
Object Number | 1955.125 |
Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
Status | Off View |
Image Caption
John Pollock, Cream Jug, 1741/42, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.125
Select Bibliography
Guille, Peter. Exhibit Eighteen: Old Silver Tea Accessories. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, March 1962.
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.
Wees, Beth Carver. "From Silver Spouts the Grateful Liquors Glide." In Three Cheers for the Twenty-Fifth. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1980.
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 Brothers, London; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 20 April 1927.