Thomas Bolton
Irish, died 1736
Punch Bowl
1713–15
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 5 3/4 x 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (14.6 x 25.1 x 25.1 cm) Base diameter: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) Troy weight: 37.95 toz (1180.5 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.87 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Thomas Bolton, Punch Bowl, 1713–15, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.87
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Twenty-five: Old Silver Bowls and Dishes. Exhibition catalogue. Williamwtown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1964.
Comstock, Helen. "The Connoisseur in America." Connoisseur 107 (May 1941): 165–70.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
James Ivory, Esq., Laverockdale House, Colinton, Midlothian, sale Sotheby's, London, 8 April 1937, lot 170; bought S. J. Phillips, London; with Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 2 December 1940¹. 1. According to Clark's diary, this bowl was purchased on 20 November 1940.
