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Wine taster
France (Paris)
1762–68
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
2.5 x 10.9 cm (1 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.277
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionWine taster with a shallow, partially fluted circular bowl. The flutes begin with a row of bossed punched so that they protrude on the inside, and end with two rows of similar smaller bosses. The handle is in the shape of two duck heads, their bills meeting, their necks extend along the rim of the bowl in the shape of lightning bolts. It is engraved VINCENT DANIELFILS.
Marks
Maker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, EM, a ciborium (Not a clear mark) (Nocq, p. 258). Discharge Mark: 1762-1768, for large work: a rose (Dennimark) (Nocq, p. 258). Other: mark for old work, 1781-1792: a lyre (Dennis, ); Discharge mark for old small work, 1768-1775: a wild boar head (Dennis, ); Indecipherable mark for old small work, 1768-1775: a wild boar head (Dennis, ); Indecipherable warden's mark on base.
InscriptionsMaker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, EM, a ciborium (Not a clear Maker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, EM, a ciborium (Not a clear mark) (Nocq, p. 258). Discharge Mark: 1762-1768, for large work: a rose (Dennimark) (Nocq, p. 258). Discharge Mark: 1762-1768, for large work: a rose (Dennis, 76). Other: mark for old work, 1781-1792: a lyre (Dennis, ); Discharge mas, 76). Other: mark for old work, 1781-1792: a lyre (Dennis, ); Discharge mark for old small work, 1768-1775: a wild boar head (Dennis, ); Indecipherablrk for old small work, 1768-1775: a wild boar head (Dennis, ); Indecipherablr warden's mark on base. r warden's mark on base.
ProvenanceElizabeth 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)