Maker's mark PE, probably for William Pearson
English, free 1699
Jug and Cover
1716/17
| Medium | silver and wood |
| Dimensions | Overall: 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm) spout to handle: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm) Weight: 9.98 oz (283 g) at belly: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) base: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.347 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Maker's mark PE, probably for William Pearson, Jug and Cover, 1716/17, silver and wood. Clark Art Institute, 1955.347
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.
Guille, Peter. Exhibit Eighteen: Old Silver Tea Accessories. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, March 1962.
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.
Anonymous. "Old Silver Tea Accessories in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute." Antiques 81 (April 1962): 400404.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
Sold Christie's, London, 29 November 1933, lot 53; Robert Sterling Clark.
