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Tea Canister

Henry Chawner

English, 1764–1851

Tea Canister

1795/96

Medium silver
Dimensions 7 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 4 1/16 in. (19.1 x 19.4 x 10.3 cm) Weight: 16.07 oz (455.7 g)
Object Number 1955.322
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status Off View

Image Caption

Henry Chawner, Tea Canister, 1795/96, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.322

Select Bibliography

Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute. Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute Presents an Exhibition of Silver of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute, 1952. Guille, Peter. Exhibit Eighteen: Old Silver Tea Accessories. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, March 1962. Wees, Beth Carver. "From Silver Spouts the Grateful Liquors Glide." In Three Cheers for the Twenty-Fifth. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1980. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.

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