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Candlestick
Jean-Baptiste Boullemer (received 1705, died 1739)
1737–38
Object Place: Europe, Rennes, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
24.3 x 13.9 cm (9 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.298.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionOne of a pair of candlesticks. Cast with a shaped circular domed base chased with strapwork and a diaper and oval band. A crest is engraved on the base. The knop is gadrooned and rises up to a triangular section stem with a calyx of volutes and shells with molding above. The knops and shoulders are of a similar shape. The stem gives way to a banded spool shaped nozzle with chased fluting (?) or foliage (?) pattern on the base of the nozzle with a badly worn pattern on the rim.
Marks
Maker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lis, tow grains, IBB(?) (Helft, 920-922); Maison Commune: a crowned Y with an Ermine spot (Helft, 923); An indeterminate mark with the master's and warden;s marks, two indecipherable marks on exterior rim of base.
ProvenanceJune 1949, sold by Robert Ensko, Inc., New York, 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)