Maker's mark W.W
English | Irish
Cream Jug
c. 1750
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 4 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 5/16 in. (10.5 x 13 x 8.4 cm) Troy weight: 5.65 toz (175.7 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.97 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Maker's mark W.W, Cream Jug, c. 1750, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.97
Select Bibliography
Teahan, John. Irish Silver: From the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century. Exhibition catalogue. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1984
Teahan, John. Irish Decorative Arts, 1550–1928. Exhibition catalogue. Dublin: National Museum of Ireland, 1990.
Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.Provenance
Possibly with Howard & Co., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 20 January 1928.¹ Although no invoice for this object survives, Clark's diary entry for that date reads: "To Howard's. Bought a silver cream pitcher Irish 1760 about."
