Philippe Le Vavasseur, dit Durell
English, active 1730–1750
Teapot
c. 1740
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 5 1/4 x 8 9/16 x 4 7/16 in. (13.3 x 21.7 x 11.3 cm) Troy weight: 17.4 toz (541.2 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.515 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Philippe Le Vavasseur, dit Durell, Teapot, c. 1740, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.515
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Fourteen: Old Silver Teapots. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1960.
Richard H. Mayne.. Old Channel Islands Silver: Its Makers and Marks.. Jersey, Channel Islands: Print Holdings and Investments.. 1969..
Richard H. Mayne.. Channel Islands Silver.. Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore.. 1985..
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's, London, 2 June 1955, lot 118.¹ 1. Although no invoice survives for this object, the description and weight appear to be identical to the Sotheby's lot, and the illustration differs only in the wooden insert on the finial, which appears to have been replaced.
