Cruet Set

1770/71

Medium	silver
Dimensions	Frame: 10 1/8 x 7 15/16 in. (25.7 x 20.2 cm) Troy weight: 25.6 toz (796.3 g) Large caster: Height: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm) Base diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Troy weight: 9 toz (279.9 g) Small casters: Height: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) Base diameter: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm) Troy weight: 4.6 toz (143.1 g) Height: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) Base diameter: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm) Troy weight: 4.7 toz (146.2 g) Mounted bottles: Height: 7 in. (17.8 cm) Width at handle: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm) Base diameter: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
Object Number	1955.128
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Robert Peaston, Cruet Set, 1770/71, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.128

Select Bibliography

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Twenty-eight: Old Silver Dining Accessories. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1965. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.