Robert Cooper
British, active 1670–1700
Pair of Footed Salvers
1709/10
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | [1] 3 1/4 x 9 7/16 x 9 7/16 in. (8.3 x 24 x 24 cm) Base diameter: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm) Troy weight: 16.25 toz (505.4 g) [2] 3 1/4 x 9 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (8.3 x 23.8 x 23.8 cm) Base diameter: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) Troy weight: 16.4 toz (510.1 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.297 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Robert Cooper, Pair of Footed Salvers, 1709/10, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.297
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.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Twenty-eight: Old Silver Dining Accessories. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1965.
. "Silver Salvers, Waiters, and Trays". 31 (June 1940). Apollo:147-52.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
S. J. Phillips, London;¹ Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 1 March 1941.² 1. The footed salvers are illustrated in a June 1940 Apollo article (pp. 147–8) as "belonging to S. J. Phillips, 113 New Nond Street, W. 1." 2. These salvers were seen by Clark on 30 November 1940 along with the salver by Thomas Bolton (1955.376): "Walked back to Peter Guille's—He had a set of 3 fine tazzas—I think I shall buy them"; see Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute archives.
