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Paul de Lamerie
English, 1688–1751
Coffee or Hot-Water Jug
1738/39
Image Caption
Paul de Lamerie, Coffee or Hot-Water Jug, 1738/39, silver-gilt and wood. Clark Art Institute, 1955.238
Medium
silver-gilt and wood
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/4 x 5 in. (23.5 x 12.7 cm)
spout to handle: 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm)
Weight: 34.67 oz (982.9 g)
Object Number
1955.238
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
On View
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. 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. Guille, Peter. Exhibit Eighteen: Old Silver Tea Accessories. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, March 1962. Anonymous. "Old Silver Tea Accessories in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute." Antiques 81 (April 1962): 400404. Banister, Judith. English Silver. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1965. Wildenstein & Company. An Exhibition of Treasures from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts: Paintings, drawings & rare silver, for the benefit of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art, inc. (CRIA). Exhibition catalogue. New York: Wildenstein & Company, 1967. 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. Hernmarck, Carl. The Art of the European Silversmith, 14301830. 2 vols. London and New York: Philip Wilson for Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977. 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. London, Victoria and Albert Museum.. Rococo: Art and Design in Hogarth's England. Exh.cat. ed. by Michael Snodin.. 1984.. Schroder, Timothy B. The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: distributed in the U.S. by Thames and Hudson, 1988. 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
With Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 1 December 1942.