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Teapot
Etienne-Louis Waustrud (French, received 1717)
French (Valenciennes)
about 1747
Object Place: Europe, Valenciennes, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Weight: 26 oz., 19.7 cm (1.62 lb., 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.306
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionSpiral fluted teapot with bird-form spout and ebony handle
Marks
Maker's mark: a crowned EIW (for Etienne Louis Waustrud, see Helft #491). Warden's mark: crowned V for Valenciennes, around 1747 (Helft 491). Charge mark(s): Llion rampant to left, crowned; and swan (both Helft 491). All marks are on the underside of the pot.
ProvenanceBy 1926, collection Boin-Taburet, Henry Freres [1]. June 1958, sold by S.J. Phillips, London, 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. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)
[1] Lent to the Exposition d'Orfèvrerie Française Civile du XVIe siècle au début du XIXe (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, April 12- May 12, 1926), cat. no. 701.
[1] Lent to the Exposition d'Orfèvrerie Française Civile du XVIe siècle au début du XIXe (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, April 12- May 12, 1926), cat. no. 701.