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Detail of chain decoration and inscription above the handle: "KEEP BRIGHT THE CHAIN"

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Detail of inscription to right of handle: "1765 / Dr. John Fothergill /to/ Benjamin Franklin /to/ Henry Hill. / 1790."

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Detail of insciption to left of handle: "Henry Hill / to / Martha M. Moore. / 1798. / Samuel J. Gummer/ 1934

Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp

English

Milk Jug

1765/66

Medium silver
Dimensions 5 x 5 3/8 x 2 13/16 in. (12.7 x 13.7 x 7.1 cm) Width at feet: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm) Weight: 9.44 oz (267.5 g)
Object Number 1955.335
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status On View

Image Caption

Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp, Milk Jug, 1765/66, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.335

Select Bibliography

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.. Loan Exhibition of Old Silver.. 1902.. Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia.. Exhibition of Old American and English Silver. Exh.cat.. 1917.. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. Catalogue, Loan Exhibition of Historical Objects, under the Auspices of the Associate Committee of Women. Exhibition catalogue. Philadelphia: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1925. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.. Benjamin Franklin and His Circle. Exh.cat.. 1936.. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Seven: The Regency and Louis XVI Rooms. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1957. Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Mass.. Useful Knowledge and Publick Good: Dr. Franklin Considered. Feb. 17, 1985-Feb. 23, 1986. No catalogue. Brochure.. 1985.. J. Thomas Scharf and Thompson Westcott.. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884. 3 vols.. Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co.. 1884.. Public Ledger, Philadelphia.. "Colonial Dames Show Old Silver." Public Ledger 29 (April 1902):2.. 1902.. Benjamin Franklin.. The Writings of Benjamin Franklin. Ed. by Albert Henry Smyth. Vol. 10, 1789-1790.. New York and London: Macmillan Company.. 1907.. The Franklin Institute.. "Franklin Pitcher." The Institute News 16 (April 1952):3.. 1952.. Harry Arons. Advertisement. Antiques 65, no. 5 (May 1954). Ruth Davidson.. "In the Museums." Antiques 73 (January 1958):74,80,82,84,86.. 1958.. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four & Exhibit Seven, Supplement: West Gallery. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1959. Anonymous. "Berkshires Provide Varied Weekends of Scenic Beauty and Art for All." Gorham Perspective 1 (AugustSeptember 1960). Leonard W. Labaree, Ralph L. Ketcham, Helen C. Boatfield, and Helen H. Fineman, eds.. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.. 1964.. Claude-Anne Lopez.. "Franklin at Yale, `Keep Bright the Chain.'" Franklin Gazette 3 (Winter 1992):3. 1992.. Barbara B. Oberg et al., eds. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin.. Vol. 31, Nov. 1, 1779-Feb. 29, 1780.. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.. 1995. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997. Wees, Beth Carver. "Silver in the Clark Art Institute." The Magazine Antiques 62, no. 4 (October 1997): 536–45. Talbott, Page, ed. Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World. Exhibition catalogue Philadelphia: National Constitution Center, 2005.

Provenance

Dr. John Fothergill; Benjamin Franklin; Henry Hill; Milcah Martha Moore; Hannah Burling (Smith) Mott; Amelia Mott Gummere; Samuel J. Gummere; with Harry Arons, Ansonia, Connecticut;¹ with Shrubsole, Inc., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 19 July 1955. 1. The jug was advertised by Harry Arons in the May 1954 issue of Antiques, p. 359.

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