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Mustard-pot
Pierre-François Bonnestrenne (French, 1682–after 1740)
France (Paris)
1737
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
10.1 x 9.7 cm (4 x 3 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.244
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe pear shaped body is plain. The circular foot is cast in three parts: a molded ring, a band of gadrooning, and a plain outer rim . The harp-shaped handle is soldered to the body and joined to the cover with a three-part hinge and scrolled bifurcated thumbpiece. The small soldered spout is cast with a man's head. The raised stepped circular domed cover has an overlapping band of gadrooning, and a baluster finial with vertical reeding applied in the middle of a disc of radial reeding
Marks
Marks:
Maker (underside of foot, underside of cover, outerside of rim of foot , side of the handle): a crowned fleur de lys, two grains, P F B, an orange. (Beuque p.194 #1742)
Warden's Mark (underside of foot, underside of cover, outerside of the body near the foot): a crowned X Paris 1737. (La datation de l'orfevrerie Parisienne p.121 #379)
Charge mark (underside of foot, underside of cover): crowned A: silver work in Paris 1732-oct 1738 (la dat. de l'orfevrerie parisienne p.120 #368)
Discharge mark (outerside of rim of foot): a horse: large and medium work Paris 1732-1738
(La data. de l'orfevrerie parisienne #370, Tardy p.108). A lezard: countermark in Paris 1738-1744 (Tardy p.108)
Maker (underside of foot, underside of cover, outerside of rim of foot , side of the handle): a crowned fleur de lys, two grains, P F B, an orange. (Beuque p.194 #1742)
Warden's Mark (underside of foot, underside of cover, outerside of the body near the foot): a crowned X Paris 1737. (La datation de l'orfevrerie Parisienne p.121 #379)
Charge mark (underside of foot, underside of cover): crowned A: silver work in Paris 1732-oct 1738 (la dat. de l'orfevrerie parisienne p.120 #368)
Discharge mark (outerside of rim of foot): a horse: large and medium work Paris 1732-1738
(La data. de l'orfevrerie parisienne #370, Tardy p.108). A lezard: countermark in Paris 1738-1744 (Tardy p.108)