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Unmarked
Argyle (fused silverplate)
c. 1795
Image Caption
Unmarked, Argyle (fused silverplate), c. 1795, silverplate. Clark Art Institute, 1955.340
Medium
silverplate
Dimensions
4 5/8 x 8 7/16 x 3 3/16 in. (11.7 x 21.4 x 8.1 cm)
Width of base: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
Troy weight: 9.85 toz (306.4 g)
Object Number
1955.340
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
Off View
Select Bibliography
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
With Howard & Co., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 7 February 1929.¹
1. No invoice survives, but Clark indicates in his diary entry of 7 February 1929 that he purchased the argyle from Howard's.