Sugar Basket (marks altered)

c. 1780–90

Medium	silver
Dimensions	8 13/16 x 7 1/8 x 5 in. (22.4 x 18.1 x 12.7 cm) base: 3 1/4 x 5 in. (8.3 x 12.7 cm) Weight: 9.44 oz (267.62 g)
Object Number	1955.24
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Maker's mark PR, Sugar Basket (marks altered), c. 1780–90, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.24

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. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four: First Two Rooms. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Seven: The Regency and Louis XVI Rooms. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1957. Comstock, Helen. "The Connoisseur in America." Connoisseur 106 (Sept. 1940): 716. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four & Exhibit Seven, Supplement: West Gallery. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1959. Anonymous. "Berkshires Provide Varied Weekends of Scenic Beauty and Art for All." Gorham Perspective 1 (AugustSeptember 1960). 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

With Crichton & Co., Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 27 February 1929.¹ 1. Clark's diary suggests he had already purchased the sugar basket by 22 February.