Ewer
Ewer
Artist
John Hugh Le Sage
(English | British, active from 1718)
Place of OriginEngland
Date1725-1726
DimensionsH: 16 1/4 in. (41.2 cm); Weight: 155 oz. 15dwt.
MediumGilded silver; cast and chased
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley K. Levison
Object number
1983.37
Not on View
“Museum Accessions,” The Decorative Arts Society Newsletter 11 (no. 2, June, 1985), p. 14.
Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby’s Directory of Silver 1600-1900 London, 1986, p. 184, fig. 763.
Harold Newman, An Illustrated Dictionary of Silverware (London, 1987), p. 193.
Exhibition HistoryLondon, 1929, 25 Park Lane, Loan Exhibition of Old English Plate, cat. 47. pl 70 (Lent by Mrs. Mango)London, 1936 Exhibition, How of Edinburgh, no. 47. p. 47.
London, 1937, Exhibition, How of Edinburgh, no. 58, p. 31; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, long term loan, 1969-1983
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