Sampson Bennett
English, died 1766
Teapot
1735/36
Medium | silver |
Dimensions | 4 5/8 x 8 1/8 x 4 in. (11.7 x 20.6 x 10.2 cm) Base diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) Weight: 15.63 oz (443.2 g) |
Object Number | 1955.22 |
Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Sampson Bennett, Teapot, 1735/36, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.22
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four: First Two Rooms. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Fourteen: Old Silver Teapots. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1960.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four & Exhibit Seven, Supplement: West Gallery. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1959.
Darling Foundation of New York State. New York State Silversmiths. Eggertsville, NY: The Darling Foundation of New York State, 1964.
Wees, Beth Carver. "English Silver in an American Museum: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute." Silver Society Journal 4 (Autumn 1993):115–23.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.