Maker's mark M, a line across
English
Tankard
1577/78
| Medium | parcel-gilt silver |
| Dimensions | 8 3/16 x 7 1/16 x 4 5/16 in. (20.8 x 17.9 x 11 cm) Lip diameter: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) Troy weight: 18.35 toz (570.7 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.120 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Maker's mark M, a line across, Tankard, 1577/78, parcel-gilt silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.120
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.
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.
Miles, Elizabeth B. English Silver: The Elizabeth B. Miles Collection. Hartford, CT: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1976.
Glanville, Philippa. Silver in Tudor and Early Stuart England: A Social History and Catalogue of the National Collection, 14801660. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
Probably with Crichton Brothers, London;ยน J. Pierpont Morgan, sale Parke-Bernet, New York, 1 November 1947, lot 463; bought Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 10 November 1947. 1. Photographs of this tankard and its marks are in a Crichton Brothers album, probably from the 1930s and presumably of stock held by the firm.
