Robert Cooper
British, active 1670–1700
Monteith
1689/90
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 5 15/16 x 11 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (15.1 x 28.9 x 28.9 cm) Base diameter: 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm) Troy weight: 38.6 toz (1200.6 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.86 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Robert Cooper, Monteith, 1689/90, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.86
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.
Mastai, M.-L. D'Otrange. "The Connoisseur in America." Connoisseur 156 (July 1964): 22023.
Georgina E. Lee.. British Silver Monteith Bowls Including American and European Examples.. Byfleet, Surrey: Manor House Press.. 1978..
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
With Crichton Brothers, London;¹ sold to Robert Sterling Clark. 1. Although no invoice for this bowl survives, its photograph is included in a Crichton Brothers album dating from the 1930s
