Set of Four Candlesticks

1738/39

Medium	silver
Dimensions	[1] 10 3/16 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (25.9 x 17.1 x 17.1 cm); troy weight: 38.75 toz (1205.3 g); scratch weight (42=0): 42 toz (1306.3 g) [2] 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 6 13/16 in. (26 x 17.1 x 17.3 cm): troy weight: 40.4 toz (1256.6 g); scratch weight (43=9): 43.45 toz (1351.4 g) [3] 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 6 13/16 in. (26 x 17.1 x 17.3 cm); troy weight: 38.55 toz (1199 g); scratch weight (42=4): 42.2 toz (1312.6 g) [4] 10 3/16 x 6 3/4 x 6 13/16 in. (25.9 x 17.1 x 17.3 cm); troy weight: 38.3 toz (1191.3 g); scratch weight (41=8): 41.4 toz (1287.7 g)
Object Number	1955.412
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	On View

Image Caption

Paul de Lamerie, Set of Four Candlesticks, 1738/39, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.412

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 Thirty-two: Old Silver Dining Accessories. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1966. 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. Comstock, Helen. "The Connoisseur in America." Connoisseur 106 (Sept. 1940): 716. 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. Schroder, Timothy B. The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: distributed in the U.S. by Thames and Hudson, 1988. Truman, Charles. The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection. Exhibition catalogue. London: Christie's, 1989. Hare, Susan, ed. Paul de Lamerie: At the Sign of the Golden Ball. Exhibition catalogue. London: Goldsmiths' Hall, 1990. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.