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Marked by: Jean I Petit (French, master in 1629)
French (Paris)
about 1690-1710
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 8.9 x 4 cm (3 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.)
Weight: 2.19 oz. (62 gm)
Weight: 2.19 oz. (62 gm)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.273
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionCaster
Marks
IP surrounded by laurel wreaths topped with fleurs de lis above and topped by a crown (Michele Bimbenet-Privat, “Les orfevres et l’orfevrerie de Paris au XVIIe siecle”, 2002)
ProvenanceFelix Doistau (1846-1936), Paris; Jacques Helft, Buenos Aires (dealer); October 20, 1952, purchased by Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897-1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (1898-1973), 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)