Lewis Herne and Francis Butty
English, active 1757–1770
Jug and Cover
1757/58
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 9 3/8 x 6 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (23.8 x 17 x 12.1 cm) Base: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Weight: 25.34 oz (718.5 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.346 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Lewis Herne and Francis Butty, Jug and Cover, 1757/58, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.346
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.
Guille, Peter. Exhibit Eighteen: Old Silver Tea Accessories. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, March 1962.
Wees, Beth Carver. "From Silver Spouts the Grateful Liquors Glide." In Three Cheers for the Twenty-Fifth. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1980.
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, 11 July 1939.
