Edward Workman
Irish, active 1702–1740
Teakettle, Stand, and Lamp
1713–15
Medium | silver |
Dimensions | Overall: 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm) Weight: 111.96 oz (3174.1 g) |
Object Number | 1955.333 |
Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Edward Workman, Teakettle, Stand, and Lamp, 1713–15, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.333
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.
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.
Teahan, John. Irish Silver: From the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century. Exhibition catalogue. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1984
Teahan, John. Irish Decorative Arts, 1550–1928. Exhibition catalogue. Dublin: National Museum of Ireland, 1990.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.Provenance
Possibly Sir James Lane, second Viscount Lanesborough;¹ Laurence Currie, Esq., sale Christie's, London, 20 February 1935, lot 83; with Crichton Brothers, London; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 12 April 1935. 1. It has not been possible to confirm this ownership further.