Benjamin Gignac
British, born 1713; mark entered 1745
Pair of Tea Canisters
1747/48
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | [1] 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 5/16 in. (10.8 x 8.6 x 5.9 cm); weight: 12.4 oz (351.5 g) [2] 4 5/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 5/16 in. (11 x 8.6 x 5.9 cm); weight: 12.67 oz (359.2 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.307 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Benjamin Gignac, Pair of Tea Canisters, 1747/48, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.307
Select Bibliography
Guille, Peter. Exhibit Eighteen: Old Silver Tea Accessories. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, March 1962.
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.
Wees, Beth Carver. "From Silver Spouts the Grateful Liquors Glide." In Three Cheers for the Twenty-Fifth. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1980.
Lovett, Jennifer Gordon. A Glimpse of Rococo France: The Amorous Proposal by François Le Moyne. Exhibition brochure. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1987.
Anonymous. "Old Silver Tea Accessories in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute." Antiques 81 (April 1962): 400404.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
