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Beaker
Made by: François Corbie (French, master 1777, died after 1793)
French (Paris)
1783-1784
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver gilt
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 10.2 x 8.3 cm, 8 oz. (4 x 3 1/4 in., 0.5 lb.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.385
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionSilver-gilt beaker
Marks
Maker's mark: crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, F C B, an ear of wheat for Francois Corbie (Nocq, I, p. 296), twice under base.
Charge: Crowned A for Paris 1783-1789, under base.
Warden's mark: Crowned U for Paris 1783-84 under base.
Discharge : head of a peasant woman for Paris, medium work, 1783-1789. On the top edge of the beaker.
Charge: Crowned A for Paris 1783-1789, under base.
Warden's mark: Crowned U for Paris 1783-84 under base.
Discharge : head of a peasant woman for Paris, medium work, 1783-1789. On the top edge of the beaker.
InscriptionsEngraved monogram "SB" or "BS", or possibly "GB."
Provenance1913, Leon Helft, Paris. 1942, Baron Cassel, New York. July, 1956, sold by J. Helft 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)