Joseph Sheene
English, apprenticed 1677; died 1700
Jug and Cover
1698/99
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 9 1/16 x 7 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. (23 x 19.4 x 9.8 cm) Base diameter: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) Troy weight: 31.9 toz (992.2 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.237 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Joseph Sheene, Jug and Cover, 1698/99, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.237
Select Bibliography
Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute. Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute Presents an Exhibition of Silver of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute, 1952.
Wildenstein & Company. An Exhibition of Treasures from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts: Paintings, drawings & rare silver, for the benefit of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art, inc. (CRIA). Exhibition catalogue. New York: Wildenstein & Company, 1967.
Anonymous. "In the Auction Rooms." Connoisseur 100 (July 1937): 53–56.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
Probably the Reverend and Mrs. Peter Williams; by descent to R. O. S. Wynne, Esq., Garthewin, Abergele, North Wales, sale Christie's, London, 5 May 1937, lot 38; bought Crichton Brothers, London; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 22 November 1937.
