James Smith I
English, active 1715–1740
Teapot
1720/21
| Medium | silver |
| Dimensions | 5 9/16 x 7 1/16 x 4 15/16 in. (14.1 x 17.9 x 12.5 cm) Weight: 12.78 oz (362.4 g) |
| Object Number | 1955.185 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
James Smith I, Teapot, 1720/21, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.185
Select Bibliography
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. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
Provenance
With Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, invoice dated 2 June 1941.¹ 1.Clark mentions seeing "a nice bread loaf Queen Ann [sic] teapot" in Guille's shop on 5 and 8 May 1941; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute archives.
