Two-Handled Cup and Cover

1686/87

Medium	silver
Dimensions	7 7/16 x 9 1/16 x 5 13/16 in. (18.9 x 23 x 14.8 cm) Base diameter: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) Troy weight: 28.4 toz (883.3 g)
Object Number	1955.326
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	On View

Image Caption

Maker's mark CK, mullet below, probably for Christopher Kemble, Two-Handled Cup and Cover, 1686/87, silver. Clark Art Institute, 1955.326

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 Twenty-eight: Old Silver Dining Accessories. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1965. Carver, Beth S., and Eileen M. Casey. Georgian Grace: English Silver in the Age of Elegance. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1977. Wees, Beth Carver. The Chinese Taste: European Visions of Cathay. Exhibition brochure. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1979. London, Christie's.. Christie's Season 1930.. London: Constable & Co.. 1930.. Wees, Beth Carver. English, Irish, and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997.

Provenance

J. H. H. V. Lane, Esq., of King's Bromley Manor, Lichfield, sale Christie's, London, 11 December 1912, lot 12; bought Crichton Brothers, London; Gerard Craig Sellar, Esq., Ardtornish, Morvern, Argyllshire, sale Christies, London, 19 March 1930, lot 102 (as maker TK with pellet above and cinquefoil below);¹ bought Mallett & Son, London; with Peter Guille, Ltd., New York; sold to Robert Sterling Clark, 1 August 1940. 1. Although the maker is misidentified, the dimensions, weight, and accompanying illustration confirm that it is the same object.