Probably John Horsley
English, active 1760–1780
Teapot
1774/75
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) Overall: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm) spout to handle: 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm) Weight: 19.58 oz (555.2 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.181 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Probably John Horsley, Teapot, 1774/75, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.181
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.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Fourteen: Old Silver Teapots. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1960.
Comstock, Helen. "Silver Teapots of the Eighteenth Century: An Antiques Survey." Antiques 82 (September 1962): 270–72.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
With Howard & Co., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 6 July 1931.¹ 1. Although the invoice from Howard & Co. gives the date of purchase as 6 July 1931, an entry in Clark's diary indicates he bought this teapot on 2 July; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute archives.
