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Pair of Sweetmeat Baskets

Paul de Lamerie

English, 1688–1751

Pair of Sweetmeat Baskets

1745/46

Medium silver
Dimensions [1] 5 9/16 x 6 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (14.1 x 16.2 x 12.4 cm) Troy weight: 10 toz (311 g) [2] 5 9/16 x 6 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (14.1 x 16.2 x 12.4 cm) Troy weight: 10 toz (311 g)
Object Number 1955.204
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status On View

Image Caption

Paul de Lamerie, Pair of Sweetmeat Baskets, 1745/46, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.204

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. Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute. Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute Presents an Exhibition of Silver by Paul de Lamerie. Exhibition catalogue. Williamastown, MA: Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute, 1953. 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. 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. Carver, Beth S., and Eileen M. Casey. Georgian Grace: English Silver in the Age of Elegance. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1977. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four & Exhibit Seven, Supplement: West Gallery. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1959. Carver, Beth S., and Eileen M. Casey. Silver by Paul de Lamerie at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1978. New York, Sotheby's.. Fine English and Continental Silver, 12 Oct. 1990.. 1990.. 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; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, one on 30 October 1936, the other on 10 October 1938.

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