Two-Handled Cup and Cover

c. 1705

Medium	silver
Dimensions	7 1/8 x 7 9/16 x 4 7/16 in. (18.1 x 19.2 x 11.3 cm) Base diameter: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm) Troy weight: 27.8 toz (864.7 g)
Object Number	1955.329
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	On View

Image Caption

Isaac Liger, Two-Handled Cup and Cover, c. 1705, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.329

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 Thirty-two: Old Silver Dining Accessories. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1966. Carver, Beth S., and Eileen M. Casey. Georgian Grace: English Silver in the Age of Elegance. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1977. Birmingham (Ala.) Museum of Art. The Stuart Legacy: English Art, 1603-1714. March 24-May 7, 1991; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Aug. 11-Sept. 22, 1991. Exh. cat. by Walter R. Brown et al.. 1991.. Timothy B. Schroder.. "George Booth and William Beckford: A Study in Patronage." In The International Silver and Jewellery Fair and Seminar (London, 1989), pp. 21-28.. 1989.. London, Sotheby's.. Important Silver Including the Dunham Massey Sconces and the Gibralter Cup, 3 May 1990.. 1990.. 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.

Provenance

Lady Mary Booth; by descent to Sir John-Foley-Grey, Bart., sale, Christie's, London, 25 February 1931, lot 59; bought Crichton Brothers, London; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 25 January 1932.