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Thomas Whipham II and Charles Wright

English, working in partnership 1756–1775

Teapot

1759/60

Medium silver and wood
Dimensions 6 3/16 x 8 3/8 x 4 in. (15.7 x 21.3 x 10.2 cm) Weight: 19.37 oz (549.1 g)
Object Number 1955.38
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status Off View

Image Caption

Thomas Whipham II and Charles Wright, Teapot, 1759/60, silver and wood. Clark Art Institute, 1955.38

Select Bibliography

Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute. Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute Presents an Exhibition of Silver of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute, 1952. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four: First Two Rooms. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Fourteen: Old Silver Teapots. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1960. 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. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four & Exhibit Seven, Supplement: West Gallery. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1959. Comstock, Helen. "Silver Teapots of the Eighteenth Century: An Antiques Survey." Antiques 82 (September 1962): 270–72. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.

Provenance

Joseph and Sarah Wharton; with Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 1 May 1948.

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