Advanced Search 
Hand candlestick
Marked by: Jean-Baptiste Gaspard Odiot (French, born 1692, master in 1720, died 1767)
France (Paris)
1726–27
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
6.4 x 21.5 x 10.1 cm (2 1/2 x 8 7/16 x 4 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.373
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionA chamberstick on three scroll and shell-motif feet. The six-lobed drip pan chased with a border of entrelacs and shells. The handle ornamented with a cartouche, row of pearls, and bellflowers. The candle nozzle vase-shaped with torsed oves and leaves, an upper border of entrelacs.
Marks
Maker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lys, 2 grains, JBO, a cross (Dennis 266): underside of drip pan.
Warden's Mark: a crowned K (Dennis 6): Underside of drip pan.
Charge Mark: 1727-1732: an A crowned on the side (Dennis 6): Underside of drip pan. Discharge Mark: for medium-sized work, 1727-1732: a crowned martlet (Dennis 6): On candle nozzle.
Warden's Mark: a crowned K (Dennis 6): Underside of drip pan.
Charge Mark: 1727-1732: an A crowned on the side (Dennis 6): Underside of drip pan. Discharge Mark: for medium-sized work, 1727-1732: a crowned martlet (Dennis 6): On candle nozzle.
InscriptionsEngraved on bottom "246" and "D4436/8012/mat"
Provenance1900, Mme. Henri Depret, Paris; 1926, Les Fils de Leon Helft [1]. June, 1959, sold by S. J. Phillips, London, 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)
[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. 740.
[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. 740.