John Parker I Edward Wakelin
British, active 1760–1776
Dishes (pair)
1770/71
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | [1] 2 3/8 x 12 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. (6 x 30.8 x 23.8 cm) Troy weight: 23 toz (715.4 g) Scratch weight (24=14): 24.7 toz (768.3 g) [2] 2 3/8 x 12 3/16 x 9 7/16 in. (6 x 31 x 24 cm) Troy weight: 23.3 toz (724.7 g) Scratch weight (24=10): 24.5 toz (762 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.93 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
John Parker I Edward Wakelin, Dishes (pair), 1770/71, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.93
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Twenty-five: Old Silver Bowls and Dishes. Exhibition catalogue. Williamwtown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1964.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Thirty-two: Old Silver Dining Accessories. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1966.
Wees, Beth Carver. "English Silver in an American Museum: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute." Silver Society Journal 4 (Autumn 1993):115–23.
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, 30 December 1950.
