Set of Three Shells

1724/25

Medium	silver
Dimensions	[1] 1 3/8 x 4 3/8 x 5 7/16 in. (3.5 x 11.1 x 13.8 cm) Troy weight: 5.3 toz (164.8 g) [2] 1 3/8 x 4 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (3.5 x 11.7 x 14 cm) Troy weight: 6.1 toz (189.7 g) [3] 1 3/8 x 4 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (3.5 x 11.7 x 14 cm) Troy weight: 6.35 toz (197.5 g)
Object Number	1962.1
Acquisition	Acquired by the Clark, 1962
Status	On View

Image Caption

Paul de Lamerie, Set of Three Shells, 1724/25, silver. Clark Art Institute, Acquired by the Clark, 1962.1

Select Bibliography

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.. Exhibit Twenty-Two: Old Silver Acquisitions of 1962.. April 19-May 19, 1963.. 1963.. 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. Silver by Paul de Lamerie at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1978. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.

Provenance

Mrs. Charles Porter (Irene B.) Wilson, New York, NY; by descent to her sister, Mrs. F. Hamilton (Florence E.) Palmataire, Saratoga Springs, NY; sold to Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1 May 1962.