Possibly Benjamin Stephenson overstamping another
English, active 1756–1790
Teapot and Stand
1790–95
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | Teapot: 6 5/16 x 11 x 4 5/16 in. (16 x 27.9 x 11 cm) Base: 6 x 4 5/16 in. (15.2 x 10.9 cm) Weight: 16.68 oz (472.8 g) Stand: 1 x 7 9/16 x 5 7/16 in. (2.5 x 19.2 x 13.8 cm) Troy weight: 5.65 toz (175.7 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.312 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Possibly Benjamin Stephenson overstamping another, Teapot and Stand, 1790–95, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.312
Select Bibliography
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.
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 Crichton & Co., Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 7 March 1929.
