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Pair of Teapots (spurious)

Purportedly John French

English, active 1755–1770

Pair of Teapots (spurious)

probably late 19th/early 20th century

Medium silver
Object Number 1955.168
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status Off View

Image Caption

Purportedly John French, Pair of Teapots (spurious), probably late 19th/early 20th century, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.168

Select Bibliography

Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute. Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute Presents an Exhibition of Silver of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute, 1952. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Fourteen: Old Silver Teapots. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1960. 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. Comstock, Helen. "Silver Teapots of the Eighteenth Century: An Antiques Survey." Antiques 82 (September 1962): 270–72. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.

Provenance

With Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 1 February 1950 (as by John Fawdery).

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