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Teapot

Sampson Bennett

English, died 1766

Teapot

1735/36

Medium silver
Dimensions 4 5/8 x 8 1/8 x 4 in. (11.7 x 20.6 x 10.2 cm) Base diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) Weight: 15.63 oz (443.2 g)
Object Number 1955.22
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status Off View

Image Caption

Sampson Bennett, Teapot, 1735/36, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.22

Select Bibliography

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four: First Two Rooms. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Fourteen: Old Silver Teapots. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1960. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four & Exhibit Seven, Supplement: West Gallery. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1959. Darling Foundation of New York State. New York State Silversmiths. Eggertsville, NY: The Darling Foundation of New York State, 1964. 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.

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