John Gibbons
English, active 1700–1740
Jug (altered or spurious)
1725/26
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 7 7/16 x 6 9/16 x 3 7/8 in. (18.9 x 16.7 x 9.8 cm) Lip diameter: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) Troy weight: 25.3 toz (786.9 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.241 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
John Gibbons, Jug (altered or spurious), 1725/26, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.241
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.
Comstock, Helen. "The Connoisseur in America." Connoisseur 106 (Sept. 1940): 716.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
Sold Christies, London, 10 December 1930, lot 62; bought William Comyns & Sons Ltd, London; with Crichton Brothers, London; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 5 February 1936.
