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Bowl

France (Paris)
1545–55
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France

Medium/Technique Metal; silver
Dimensions Height x diameter: 11.1 x 4.4 cm (4 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.284
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver

DescriptionPartly fluted bowl on foot
Marks letter "b" with open crown.
InscriptionsEngraved on the foot: "J. Habert"
ProvenanceBy 1895, Martin Leroy. By 1911, Charles Koecklin. By 1914, Jacques Helft, Paris. May 16, 1952, sold by Au Vieux Paris to 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)