Peter Archambo I
English, free 1720; died 1767
Set of Six Dishes
1740/41
| Medium | silver gilt |
| Dimensions | [1] 1 3/16 x 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (3 x 13.7 x 13.7 cm) Base diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Troy weight: 7.8 toz (242.6 g) Scratch weight (7=17): 7.85 toz (244.2 g) [2] 1 1/8 x 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (2.9 x 13.7 x 13.7 cm) Base diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Troy weight: 8.7 toz (270.6 g) Scratch weight (8=14): 8.7 toz (270.6 g) [3] 1 1/4 x 5 7/16 x 5 7/16 in. (3.2 x 13.8 x 13.8 cm) Base diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Troy weight: 8.55 toz (265.9 g) Scratch weight (8=11): 8.55 toz (265.9 g) [4] 1 3/16 x 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (3 x 13.7 x 13.7 cm) Base diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Troy weight: 9.25 toz (287.7 g) Scratch weight (9=5): 9.25 toz (287.7 g) [5] 1 1/8 x 5 7/16 x 5 7/16 in. (2.9 x 13.8 x 13.8 cm) Base diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Troy weight: 7.45 toz (231.7 g) Scratch weight (7=15): 7.75 toz (241.1 g) [6] 1 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (3.2 x 13.7 x 13.7 cm) Base diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Troy weight: 7.5 toz (233.3 g) Scratch weight (7=16): 7.8 toz (242.6 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.480 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Peter Archambo I, Set of Six Dishes, 1740/41, silver gilt. Clark Art Institute, 1955.480
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.
Hackenbroch, Yvonne. English and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection. The Irwin Untermyer Collection 6. Revised edition. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969.
Wees, Beth Carver. "English Silver in an American Museum: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute." Silver Society Journal 4 (Autumn 1993):115–23.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
George Booth, second earl of Warrington; by descent to Catherine, Lady Grey, and Sir John Foley Grey, Bart., sale Christie’s, London, 20 April 1921, lot 70 (twelve small circular dishes); bought Crichton Brothers, London; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 22 August 1946 (as sweet dishes).
