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Thomas Bolton
Irish, died 1736
Punch Bowl
1713โ€“15

Image Caption

Thomas Bolton, Punch Bowl, 1713โ€“15, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.87
Medium
silver
Dimensions
5 3/4 x 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (14.6 x 25.1 x 25.1 cm) Base diameter: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) Troy weight: 37.95 toz (1180.5 g)
Object Number
1955.87
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
On View

Select Bibliography

Comstock, Helen. "The Connoisseur in America." Connoisseur 107 (May 1941): 165โ€“70. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Twenty-five: Old Silver Bowls and Dishes. Exhibition catalogue. Williamwtown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1964. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.

Provenance

James Ivory, Esq., Laverockdale House, Colinton, Midlothian, sale Sotheby's, London, 8 April 1937, lot 170; bought S. J. Phillips, London; with Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 2 December 1940ยน. 1. According to Clark's diary, this bowl was purchased on 20 November 1940.