Make a Gift
Buy Tickets
Map

Museum

Overview
Exhibitions open menu close menu
Current Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions
Off-Site Exhibitions
Collections open menu close menu
Collections Overview
Search Collections
Collections Activity
Image Resources
Provenance Research Project
Education open menu close menu
Education Overview
For School Groups
Special Initiatives
Clark Connects
Teacher Resources
Art & Wellness
Publications open menu close menu
About Publications
The Clark and its Collections
Painting and Sculpture
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Modern and Contemporary Art
Journal of the Clark
Clark Studies in the Visual Arts
What We May Be
Clark Connects open menu close menu
Clark Connects Overview
Virtual Programs
Educational Activities
Art on the Grounds
Study Center
Maker's mark M.S
English | Irish
Dredger
c. 1720

Image Caption

Maker's mark M.S, Dredger, c. 1720, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.208
Medium
silver
Dimensions
3 3/8 x 2 11/16 x 2 in. (8.6 x 6.8 x 5.1 cm) Troy weight: 2.5 toz (77.8 g)
Object Number
1955.208
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
Off View

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. Teahan, John. Irish Silver: From the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century. Exhibition catalogue. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1984 Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.

Provenance

R. B. Baxendale, Esq., sale Christie's, London, 20 March 1923, lot 50; bought D. Davis; with Crichton Brothers, London; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 12 May 1938.