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Paul de Lamerie
English, 1688–1751
Set of Four Candlesticks
1738/39
Image Caption
Paul de Lamerie, Set of Four Candlesticks, 1738/39, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.412
Medium
silver
Dimensions
[1] 10 3/16 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (25.9 x 17.1 x 17.1 cm); troy weight: 38.75 toz (1205.3 g); scratch weight (42=0): 42 toz (1306.3 g)
[2] 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 6 13/16 in. (26 x 17.1 x 17.3 cm): troy weight: 40.4 toz (1256.6 g); scratch weight (43=9): 43.45 toz (1351.4 g)
[3] 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 6 13/16 in. (26 x 17.1 x 17.3 cm); troy weight: 38.55 toz (1199 g); scratch weight (42=4): 42.2 toz (1312.6 g)
[4] 10 3/16 x 6 3/4 x 6 13/16 in. (25.9 x 17.1 x 17.3 cm); troy weight: 38.3 toz (1191.3 g); scratch weight (41=8): 41.4 toz (1287.7 g)
Object Number
1955.412
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
On View
Select Bibliography
Comstock, Helen. "The Connoisseur in America." Connoisseur 106 (Sept. 1940): 716. 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. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Thirty-two: Old Silver Dining Accessories. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1966. 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. Silver by Paul de Lamerie at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1978. 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. Truman, Charles. The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection. Exhibition catalogue. London: Christie's, 1989. Hare, Susan, ed. Paul de Lamerie: At the Sign of the Golden Ball. Exhibition catalogue. London: Goldsmiths' Hall, 1990. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
With Crichton Brothers, London; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 12 October 1937.