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Oval dish
France (Paris)
1768–75
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
2.4 x 24.5 x 35.7 cm (15/16 x 9 5/8 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.293
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionA shallow, shaped oval dish, with a molded rim.
Marks
Maker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, NML, two fleurs-de-lis (Dennis, 206). Discharge Mark: for large work, 1768-1775: a woman's head, Incomplete (Dennis, 206). Other: guarantee mark used after 1838 for small, old work: a boar's head (Tardy, p. 173).
ProvenanceElizabeth Parke Firestone (b. 1897 - d. 1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (b. 1898 - d. 1973), Akron, OH and Newport, RI; 1993 [see note 3]; gift of the estate of Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1993)