Paul de Lamerie
English, 1688–1751
Set of Twelve Dinner Plates
1746/47
| Medium | silver |
| Object Number | 1955.415 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Paul de Lamerie, Set of Twelve Dinner Plates, 1746/47, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.415
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.
Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute. Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute Presents an Exhibition of Silver by Paul de Lamerie. Exhibition catalogue. Williamastown, MA: Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute, 1953.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Twenty-eight: Old Silver Dining Accessories. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1965.
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.
Peter Guille Ltd. Advertisement. Connoisseur 100, no. 432 (August 1937): xxxix.
Carver, Beth S., and Eileen M. Casey. Silver by Paul de Lamerie at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1978.
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
George, Baron Anson, (probably sale Christie's, London, 10 June 1858, lot 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11; Sir Edward Scott, Bart., sale Christie's London, 9 July 1924, probably lot 60; bought Crichton Brothers, London; with Peter Guille, Ltd., New York, 1937; sold to Robert Sterling Clark.¹ 1. The plates were advertised by Peter Guille, Ltd., in Connoisseur 100, August 1937, xxxix. No invoice survives to document Clark's purchase of these plates, but in a diary entry of 8 March 1937 he records, "Peter Guille's—12 Lamerie silver plates about 1760, the finest I have ever seen"; it seems likely Clark purchased the plates from Peter Guille later that year.
