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Dish cover
Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers (French, 1736—1788/89)
French (Paris)
1771–72
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 19.1cm (7 1/2in.)
Other (Overall): 24.7cm (9 3/4in.)
Other (Overall): 24.7cm (9 3/4in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.408
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionA circular domed dish cover (cloche) with a reed and ribbon rim. The dome is widely gadrooned with matted borders. The upper rim is hung with festoons of laurel. The cover above has a rim of oval guilloche rising to a smaller dome of spiral acanthus leaf topped by a pine cone finial. From the Orloff service.
Marks
On the inner rim: Maker's Mark: a fleur-de-lis, two grains, JNR, a sheaf of wheat (Dennis, 296).Warden's Mark: 1771-1772: a crowned H (Dennis, 299). Charge Mark: for large work, 1768-1775: a crowned A (Dennis, 296). On rim, Discharge Mark: for work intended for export, 1733(?)-1775: a little cow (Dennis, 296). Other: a small rectangle; Russian standard mark: 91 in a rectangle (Tardy, p. 265); St. Petersburg town mark, 1784(?) (Rosenberg, 8141-8144). The Maker's, Warden's and Charge marks are on the inner rim, the Discharge and Russian marks are on the rim, and the rectangle is on the finial.
Provenance1772, ordered by Catherine The Great for Prince Gregoire Orloff (1734-1783), St Petersburg. By 1961, Jacques Helft, Paris; October 1961, sold 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)