Probably Seth Lofthouse
English, active 1699–1725
Pot with Spout
1699/1700
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | Height: 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm) Width at handle: 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm) Lip diameter: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm) Base diameter: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) Troy weight: 15.85 toz (493 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.280 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Probably Seth Lofthouse, Pot with Spout, 1699/1700, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.280
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 Nine: Old English Silver Coffee Pots and Salvers. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1958.
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.
Comstock, Helen. "An Antiques Survey: English Silver Coffeepots." Antiques 76 (December 1959): 548–51.
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 30 November 1951
