Maker's mark IW, mullet below, probably for Joseph Ward
English, free 1689
Hand or Chamber Candlestick
1693/94
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 2 3/4 x 4 5/16 x 3 7/8 in. (7 x 11 x 9.8 cm) Weight: 5.81 oz (164.8 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.349 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Maker's mark IW, mullet below, probably for Joseph Ward, Hand or Chamber Candlestick, 1693/94, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.349
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.
Clayton, Michael. The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America. London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group for Country Life, 1971.
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.
