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Teapot
Marked by: Adrien Dachery (master in 1730)
French (St. Quentin)
1755–58
Object Place: Europe, St. Quentin, France
Medium/Technique
Silver and ebonized wood
Dimensions
19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.249
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionSpirally fluted teapot with wood handle and finial
Marks
Maker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, AD, a pellet between
Warden's Mark: Saint Quentin, 1754-57: a bust of Saint-Quentin (a device of the town arms) with a Y below
Charge mark: underfarmer of Saint-Quentin, 1750-66: a crowned T
Standard: boar's head for restricted warranty, Paris, 1838-1961
Maker's, warden's and charge mark all on the underside of the body.
Standard mark appears four times: underside of body, on foot, on bezels of food and lid
Warden's Mark: Saint Quentin, 1754-57: a bust of Saint-Quentin (a device of the town arms) with a Y below
Charge mark: underfarmer of Saint-Quentin, 1750-66: a crowned T
Standard: boar's head for restricted warranty, Paris, 1838-1961
Maker's, warden's and charge mark all on the underside of the body.
Standard mark appears four times: underside of body, on foot, on bezels of food and lid
ProvenanceDecember 9-18, 1907, Henri Chasles sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris. 1936, Hector Petin, Paris [see note 1]. 1938, anonymous collection [see note 2]. April 24, 1951, sold by Au Vieux Paris (gallery), Paris, to Elizabeth Parke Firestone (b. 1897-d. 1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (b. 1898- d. 1973), Akron, OH and Newport, RI; 1993; gift of the estate of Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1993)
NOTES:
[1] According to notes in the MFA curatorial file, this was lent by Hector Petin to the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, in 1936. [2] Lent to the exhibition "Three Centuries of French Domestic Silver," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1938, cat. no. 393 (as "formerly in the Hector Petin collection").
NOTES:
[1] According to notes in the MFA curatorial file, this was lent by Hector Petin to the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, in 1936. [2] Lent to the exhibition "Three Centuries of French Domestic Silver," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1938, cat. no. 393 (as "formerly in the Hector Petin collection").