Robert Timbrell and Joseph Bell I
English, working in partnership c. 1707–1716
Teapot
1715/16
| Medium | silver and wood |
| Dimensions | 5 1/2 x 7 15/16 x 4 3/8 in. (14 x 20.2 x 11.1 cm) Weight: 18.38 oz (521 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.184 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Robert Timbrell and Joseph Bell I, Teapot, 1715/16, silver and wood. Clark Art Institute, 1955.184
Select Bibliography
Seaford House. Queen Charlotte's Loan Exhibition of Old Silver, English, Irish and Scottish, All Prior to 1739, with Examples of Present Day Work. Exhibition catalogue. London: St. Catherine's Press, 1929.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Fourteen: Old Silver Teapots. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1960.
S. J. Phillips. Advertisement. Connoisseur 104, no. 456 (August 1939).
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
Probably the Hon. Mrs. Mervyn Herbert; with S. J. Phillips, London;¹ with Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 1 November 1940. 1. See Advertisement. Connoisseur 104 (August 1939): xi.
