Maker's mark IE, star above, possibly John Edwards II or John Eckfourd II
English
Teapot
1730/31
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 4 1/8 x 7 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (10.5 x 19.7 x 9.2 cm) Weight: 14.04 oz (398 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.166 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Maker's mark IE, star above, possibly John Edwards II or John Eckfourd II, Teapot, 1730/31, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.166
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.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Fourteen: Old Silver Teapots. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1960.
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.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
With Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 1 December 1938 (as by John Eckford).
